 | 1866 - 492 pagina’s
...fables in the Legend, the Talmud, and the Al Koran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." We commend this essay to the careful perusal of all interested in this debate. The same truth is insisted... | |
 | James Maccann (D.D.) - 1866 - 288 pagina’s
...freedom of thought, but rather freedom from thought. As Lord Bacon has said in his essay on Atheism, " It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's...mind to Atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth about men's minds to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 pagina’s
...of men in general. Says Bacon : " I had rather believe all the fables of the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is...convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it."1 But, he continues again, there were some also that stayed not here ; but went further, and held... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1873 - 310 pagina’s
...conclusion, quote one other profound aphorism from ' the Master of Wisdom.' ' It is true,' says he, 4 that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.' Especially is this the case when the 'little philosophy' is wrested into a conformity with the narrow,... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pagina’s
...there be no remedy. OF ATHEISM. I had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is...Mind ; and therefore God never wrought miracle to 2 convince Atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that sa little philosophy inclineth... | |
 | 1867 - 624 pagina’s
...on our argument. Hugh (reads). " 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 ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pagina’s
...intimidation. XVI. OF ATHEISM. 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 ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracles to convince1 atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 pagina’s
...from the one on Atheism : — " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran than that this universal frame is...to religion. For while the mind of man looketh upon sacred causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - 1869 - 610 pagina’s
...the tables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince...works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered,... | |
 | Christoph Ernst Luthardt - 1869 - 464 pagina’s
...penetrating into its depths, cannot be called feeling an interest in it. What Bacon says of philosophy, ' that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism,...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion,' applies to the knowledge of all truth. For truth dwells in the depth, and God dwells in the depth.... | |
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HAD rather 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 miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. 
