 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...correspondence with the other great men in the state ; or else the remedy is worse than the disease. XVI. OP ATHEISM. I HAD rather believe all the fables in the...philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosphy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For while the mind of man looketh upon second causes... | |
 | Rev. James Gardner - Religion - 1858 - 1042 pages
...both in ancient and modem times. Lord Bacon, in his ' Essay on Atheism,' uses these strong words : " 1 n & co. miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it." By this illustrious thinker... | |
 | Henry Batchelor - 1858 - 244 pages
...reason — " Be still, and know that I am God." Hence it was that the great Lord Bacon said, — " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...than. that this universal frame is without a mind." "It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...conclusions upon the real and settled faith of Lord Bacon. Bacon perhaps was sincere, when he said, 'I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a mind.' But to many parts of the paradoxes we may apply hia remark upon the fool, who taid in his heart, but... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...Alcoran." The Italinn translation omits the Legend, and has only " tutte le favole dell' Alcorano." never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because...inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy brutgeth men's minds about to religton. For while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - English essays - 1861 - 630 pages
...was created, nothing but evil has resulted from concessions made to intimidation. XVI. OF ATHEISM. T HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and...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... | |
 | Gilbert Rorison - Evolution - 1861 - 192 pages
...Cause the Causa causarum Himself, and passes by the Author of the Cosmos as a spectre of the brain. " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a Mind. It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1861 - 408 pages
...The old cry of irreligion, nay, even of atheism, was raised against the man who had said : " I would rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the...than that this universal frame is without a mind." 1 But Bacon had to encounter the prejudices even of the learned. Cuffe, the Earl of Essex's secretary,... | |
 | John Bickford Heard - 1862 - 196 pages
...puzzle even to Sir David Brewster. Of two beliefs Bacon chose the easier, when he said that he would rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the...than that this universal frame is without a mind. And so we say that we would rather Rabbinise with Lightfoot than Rationalise with Donaldson ; it would... | |
 | George Ramsay - Instinct - 1862 - 160 pages
...visible, the tangible, and the perishable. " I had rather," says Bacon, "believe all the fables of the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than...is without a Mind. And therefore God never wrought a miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it." — " They that deny God destroy... | |
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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. 
