 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 398 pages
...I,' at least, subscribe to the apothegm of Baconi — *'A little philosophy inclineth a man's inind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion: For while the mind df.man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism;...religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when h beholdeth the... | |
 | 1826 - 492 pages
...meant " a little philosophy." — " It is true thataliltkphilosophy inclineth man's mind to atheistn, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about...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 beholdeth the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 654 pages
...and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism...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 beholdeth the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 418 pages
...and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ! It is trae that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism...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 beholdeth the... | |
 | Theology - 1832 - 698 pages
...which he has expressed xvithout hesitancy or quali6cation, " that a little philosophy inclined) a man to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's...religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second •Hume. causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further ; but when it beholdeth... | |
 | Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...of Bacon be more properly apptied than to this very case r — " A little philosophy inclineth a man to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's...religion ; — for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no furth.gr ; but when it beholdeth... | |
 | John Evans - Cults - 1832 - 278 pages
...the remedy for insanity. Lord Bacon, in his Essays, remarks, that " A little phii losophy inclineth a man's mind to Atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth...religion : for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may rest in them and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1833 - 228 pages
...never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism,...minds about to religion ; for, while the mind of man locketh upon the second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy inclines man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth...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 beholdeth the... | |
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It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's 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,... 
