 | Laurence Lampert - 1993 - 500 pages
...little philosophy inclineth man's mind 12. See Strauss, Argument and Action of Plato's Laws, 183. [134] to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion" (Essays, "Of Atheism"). The Socratic turn from the things to the speeches is a way of safety, the artful... | |
 | John W. Gardner, Francesca Gardner Reese - 1996 - 278 pages
...Earth's loveliness. Michelangelo Experience has repeatedly confirmed that well-known maxim of Bacon's, that "a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." At the same time, when Bacon penned the sage epigram ... he forgot to add that the God to whom depth... | |
 | Nieves Mathews - 1996 - 620 pages
...Nothing Bacon wrote on religion should be taken seriously, wrote JA Naigeon. The famous remark, he said, that 'a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion' had clearly been written in a fit of mental aberration. Nevertheless, Naigeon conceded, profound and... | |
 | Richard Ingalese, Isabella Ingalese - 1996 - 284 pages
...Free: 888-844-2386 www.heallhresearchbooks.com Walking Press New York DEDICATED TO ALL LOVERS OF TRUTH "A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." — BACON. PREFACE The seven lessons in philosophy, contained in this book, were prepared for our more... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 pages
...is but the handmaid to religion.6 In his treatise entitled, Of Atheism, Sir Francis Bacon declared: A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism,...depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.7 Sir Francis Bacon, as recorded in the Literary and Religious Works of Francis Bacon, Volume... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind; and, therefore, God never wrought...convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. FRANCIS BACON, (1561-1626) British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Atheism," (1597-1... | |
 | Moses Mendelssohn - 1997 - 370 pages
...Leslie Ellis, and Douglas Denon Heath (London, Longman, 1861), Essay 16 ("Of Atheism"), vol. 6, p. 413: "It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's...mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth man's mind about to religion." Mendelssohn's Philosophische Schriften Third dialogue Numesian and Kallisthen... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. 695 Essays 'Of Atheism' the Raven, 'Nevermore'. POGREBIN Letty Cottin 8812...don't make passes at female smart-asses. 8813 No l religlon. 696 Essays 'Of Atheism' They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is... | |
 | Franco Imoda - 1998 - 424 pages
...of psychology what Francis Bacon said long ago of philosophy: 'A little philosophy inclineth men's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion' (cited in Bergin 1991, 402). To whom is this book addressed? In one way, a primary group of readers... | |
 | Kerry S. Walters - 1999 - 236 pages
...contemporary Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis once said that Franklin was fond of quoting Bacon's claim that "a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy brings the man's mind about to religion." (Cited in Aldridge, Benjamin Franklin and Nature's God, p.... | |
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It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion... 
