 | English literature - 1822 - 696 pages
...never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because bis 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 reft in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Human information processing - 1822 - 572 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; but depth in philosophy bringeih men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered,... | |
 | Robert Adam - Religions - 1823 - 530 pages
...of a Deity. Indeed, as Lord Bacon has well remarked, in his Essays, " a little philosophy incl'meth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth...minds about to religion ; for, while the mind of man looketU upon second causes scattered, it may rest in them and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 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;...to 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 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 further ; but when it beholdeth the... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 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 it beholdeth the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 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 further; but when it beholdeth the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 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 further ; but when it beholdeth the... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 396 pages
...of thinking. I, at least, subscribe to the apothegm of Bacon : — ' A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth...to 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 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 men's minds about to religion ; for while the miud of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further... | |
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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,... 
