 | 1869
...nothing of his purpose — presents a striking contrast to that of the great masters of philosophy. " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a mind."* So said the author of the " Novum Organum." And the author of the " Principia" adds, that it "belongs... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1810 - عدد الصفحات: 548
...occurs in the New Testament, without God in the world. Lord Bacon, in his essays, justly remarks, " That a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism,...minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may rest in them and go no further. But when it beholdeth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 348
...correspondence with the other great men in the state, or else the remedy is worse than the disease. OF I HAD rather believe all the fables in the legend,...minds about to religion; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 322
...much as in them lieth, quite and clean from their cogitation whatsoever may sound that way. HOOIZK. I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. . It is true that a little philosophy... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 528
...foundation in the nature of man. When the greatest of modern philosophers declares, that "he would rather " believe all the fables in the Legend, and...Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without " mind ;"f he has expressed the same feeling, which, in all ages and nations, has led good men, unaccustomed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 310
...correspondence with the other great men in the state, or else the remedy is worse than the disease. OF ATHEISM. I HAD rather believe all the fables in the legend,...minds about to religion : for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no farther ; but when it... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 310
...Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought a miracle to convince Atheism, because his ordinary works convince...minds about to Religion. For while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further: but when it... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 312
...correspondence with the other great men in the state ; or else the remedy is worse than the disease. . JL HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and...is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought a miracle to convince Atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy... | |
 | James Sloan, Theodore Lyman - 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 406
...reason when they lead to infidelity. The greatest of modern philosophers declares, that " he would rather believe all the fables "in the Legend, and...Alcoran, than that this universal frame is " without mind."* We may discover the gay climate of the south, in the religion of the Italian. Like the beautiful... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - عدد الصفحات: 214
...with the other great men in the state, or else the remedy is worse than the disease. XVII. OF ATHEISM. I HAD rather believe all the fables in the legend,...mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men'* minds about to religion; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may... | |
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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 miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that... 
