| George Ramsay - Ethics - 1843 - 620 pages
...the first cause of all,14 14 It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to A theism, 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... | |
| Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...monument in immortality. VIRTUE and INTELLECT survive the wrecks of Time. ADAPTATION. '• 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... | |
| John Evans - Christian sects - 1844 - 300 pages
...parts of Europe. Lord Bacon, in his Essays, justly remarks, that " a little philosophy 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... | |
| Hosea Ballou, George Homer Emerson, Thomas Baldwin Thayer, Richard Eddy - Universalism - 1847 - 444 pages
...of any other science, affords a > striking verification of the truth of Lord Bacon's remark, that " a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism,...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." As yet, however, it must have been perceived, the cosmogony of Moseb, properly so called, has not engaged... | |
| John Hayward - Christian biography - 1845 - 458 pages
...nothing without a clear demonstration of it." Lord Bacon remarks, that " A little philosophy 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... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 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 further ; but when it beboldeth the... | |
| English literature - 1847 - 676 pages
...wrought a 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... | |
| Robert Mushet - Ethics, Ancient - 1847 - 524 pages
...restores us to the light of day. 12. The saying of Bacon is familiar to all : " A little knowledge inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." The same idea is elegantly conveyed in a verse of Pope's admirable Essay on Criticism : " A. little... | |
| 1847 - 598 pages
...wrought a miracle to convince Atheism, because his ordinary works convince it ; — it IB true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringetli men's minds about to religion : for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered,... | |
| National Sunday school union - 1871 - 598 pages
...constrained to exclaim with the Psalmist, " 0 Lord, how'wonderful are thy works !" Lord Bacon says, " 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... | |
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