 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...of the Soul," St. 52. Atheism 1 I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 pages
...than the disease. 16. OF ATHEISM I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,* and the Talmud,* and the Alcoran,* than that this universal frame*...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... | |
 | Edward Geoffrey Parrinder, Geoffrey Parrinder - 2000 - 389 pages
...(1639) 17 To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher. Blaise Pascal, Pensees, 4 (1670) is A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism,...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. Francis Bacon, Essays, 'Atheism' (1625) 19 To believe only possibilities, is not faith, but mere Philosophy.... | |
 | Laurence Lampert - 2004 - 340 pages
...religion must therefore learn i. Nietzsche's principle seems to me to be stated exactly by Francis Bacon: "It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion" (Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral, "Of Atheism"). This does not say that the deepest philosophers... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2002 - 428 pages
...Chapter Five Buddhist Thought 1 had rather believe all ihe fables in the [Golden] Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran than that this universal frame is...And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince [refute] atheism. because his ordinary works convince it. 1t is true, that a little philosophy inclineth... | |
 | Joe Jenkins - 2003 - 298 pages
...of it, between religion and ethics, we will focus on one religion, Christianity. — Quotable quote 'A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism,...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. ' Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning (1605) -J- Key idea For Ploro, rhe just person' is someone... | |
 | Charles Taliaferro - 2005 - 482 pages
...Folio Society, 2002), 57. Bacon's view in the end is that atheism is philosophically unacceptable. "It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion" (ibid., 55). Bacon, Novum Organum, trans, and ed. P. Urbach and J. Gibson (Chicago: Open Court, 1 994),... | |
 | Manly Palmer Hall - 2005 - 649 pages
...that hypothesis!" In his treatise on Atheism, Sir Francis Bacon tersely summarizes the situation thus: "A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism;...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." The Metaphysics of Aristotle opens with these words: "All men naturally desire to know." To satisfy... | |
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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. 
