 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 דפים
...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... | |
 | Nicholas Humphrey - 1999 - 290 דפים
...provide further living proof of his wisdom and munificence. Francis Bacon expressed the general faith in 1612: 'I had rather believe all the fables in the...Alcoran than that this universal frame is without a Mind ... It is true that a little [natural] philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy... | |
 | Joseph Giovannoli - 2000 - 391 דפים
...learned about Nature. Francis Bacon acknowledged, "I had rather believe all the fables in the [Golden] Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind." 4 It is a fact of human behavior that disappointment can lead either to rejection or acceptance. Rejection... | |
 | Edward Geoffrey Parrinder, Geoffrey Parrinder - 2000 - 389 דפים
...childish toy And hold there is no sin but ignorance Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta (1592) 12 God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. Francis Bacon, Essays, 'Atheism' (1625) 11 He [Charles II] said once to myself, he was no atheist,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2000 - 470 דפים
...the more Mans Nature runs to, the more ought Law to weed it out' (IIII. 3-4); 'I had rather beleeve all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, then that this universall Frame, is without a Minde' (XVI. 3-5); 'Houses are built to Live in, and... | |
 | Will Durant - 2002 - 351 דפים
..."seasons" his philosophy with religion "as with salt. I had rather believe all the fables in the [Golden] Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind." He puts atheism in its place in a famous passage twice repeated. He analyzes the causes of atheism... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2002 - 428 דפים
...Abraham Lincoln, p. 81. Chapter Five Buddhist Thought 1 had rather believe all ihe fables in the [Golden] Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran than that...And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince [refute] atheism. because his ordinary works convince it. 1t is true, that a little philosophy inclineth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 דפים
...that this universal frame0 is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince0 atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy incline) h man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about0 to religion.... | |
 | Bronwen Price - 2002 - 226 דפים
...actually rare, because the mere sight of nature is enough to cause men to believe in God. As Bacon says, 'God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.' To say that the people will be inclined to atheism, then, is not to say that atheism will necessarily... | |
 | Joshua Scodel - 2002 - 388 דפים
...system traditionally condemned for being atheistic — as closer to true religion: I had rather beleeve all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, then that this universall Frame, is without a Minde. And therefore, God never wrought Miracle, to convince... | |
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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. 
