 | 1925 - 790 pagina’s
...is not irreligious, he is prepared to give to God the things that are God's, but Cssar's to Caesar. "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran," he writes in his Essay "Of Atheism", "than that this universal frame is without a mind. ... It is true,... | |
 | P. C. W. Davies - 1984 - 276 pagina’s
...fundamental constants must remain the most compelling evidence for an element of cosmic design. 14. Miracles 'God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.' Francis Bacon 'There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number... | |
 | Simon Varey - 1990 - 240 pagina’s
...been flourishing for some time. In his essay 'Of Atheism' (1613) Francis Bacon said he preferred to believe 'all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud,...convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.'60 Later, opponents of Epicureanism and advocates of the design argument were similarly certain... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 pagina’s
...philosophy is secular and rationalistic, he makes an eloquent and apparently sincere disclaimer of unbelief. "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a mind. ... A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pagina’s
...silence at the stars. WALT WHITMAN (1819-921. US poet. When 1 Heard the Leam'd Astronomer. ATHEISM 1 I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a Mind. FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626). English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, 'Of Atheism" (1597-1625).... | |
 | Catherine Drinker Bowen - 1993 - 294 pagina’s
...stay for an answer." Or on death: "Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark." Or on atheism: "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a mind." Consider the opening line of the essay on gardens, in lighter vein but bearing again that touch of... | |
 | Michael Anthony Corey - 1994 - 452 pagina’s
...43. Ibid., p. 164. 44. Ibid. 45. Ibid. CHAPTER 11 On the Role of Natural Processes in the Creation God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. FRANCIS BACON 11.1 God is Natural Much of the reason for the scientific community's rejection of a... | |
 | Michael Anthony Corey - 1995 - 474 pagina’s
...science alone will probably never be able to answer. XIII. Evolution and the Nature of the Miraculous God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. - Francis Bacon The word "miracle" means different things to different people. For some, it means a... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pagina’s
...DONNE, (c. 1572-1631) British divine, metaphysical poet. "The Progress of the Soul," St. 52. Atheism 1 I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. FRANCIS BACON, (1561-1626) British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Atheism," (1597-1... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 pagina’s
...with the other great men in the state; or else the remedy is worse than the disease. 16. OF ATHEISM I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,*...a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince4 atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth... | |
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I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. 
