 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - Literary Collections - 1994 - 868 pages
...is but the handmaid to religion.6 In his treatise entitled, Of Atheism, Sir Francis Bacon declared: A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism,...depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.7 Sir Francis Bacon, as recorded in the Literary and Religious Works of Francis Bacon, Volume... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...ROBERT LOWELL, (1917-1977) US poet.' Since 1 939," Day by Day (1 977). Philosophy and Philosophers 1 A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism,...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. FRANCIS BACON, (1561-1626) British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Atheism" (1597-1 625).... | |
 | Moses Mendelssohn - Philosophy - 1997 - 370 pages
...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 - Reference - 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... | |
 | Franco Imoda - Religion - 1998 - 424 pages
...of psychology what Francis Bacon said long ago of philosophy: 'A little philosophy inclineth men's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion' (cited in Bergin 1991, 402). To whom is this book addressed? In one way, a primary group of readers... | |
 | Kerry S. Walters - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 236 pages
...contemporary Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis once said that Franklin was fond of quoting Bacon's claim that "a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy brings the man's mind about to religion." (Cited in Aldridge, Benjamin Franklin and Nature's God, p.... | |
 | Edward Geoffrey Parrinder, Geoffrey Parrinder - Reference - 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.... | |
 | Michael Caputo - Religion - 2000 - 248 pages
...unbelief, the other is contumely; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. IT IS TRUE, THAT A LITTLE PHILOSOPHY INCLINETH MAN'S MIND TO ATHEISM; BUT DEPTH IN PHILOSOPHY BRINGS ABOUT MAN'S MIND TO RELIGION: FOR WHILE THE MIND OF MAN LOOKETH UPON SECOND CAUSES SCATTERED,... | |
 | Laurence Lampert - Philosophy - 2004 - 340 pages
...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 mind to atheism;...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 - Philosophy - 2002 - 428 pages
...wrought miracle to convince [refute] atheism. because his ordinary works convince it. 1t is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism....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 heholdeth 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,... 
