 | 1837 - 790 páginas
...great philosopher of a past age have exclaimed, in view of these luminous facts : " I would rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alkoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind." We are all occasionally liable in our career... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 páginas
...great men in the state ; or else the remedy is worse than the disease. XVL OF ATHEISM. I had rather ditations, there is sometimes mixture of vanity and...what the pain is, if he have but his finger's end pr It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 páginas
...finish for me with life; all shall be restored to order after death.—JJ Rousseau. 1124. I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud,...is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought a miracle to convince Atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 páginas
...remedy is worse than the disease. [Cicero. From an Antique Bust.] XVI.— OF ATHEISM. I HAD rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud,...convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth... | |
 | London city mission - 1840 - 620 páginas
...dotage which had reigned in the schools of learning for nearly 2,000 years, declared: " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud,...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 bringeth... | |
 | Origen Bacheler, Robert Dale Owen - 1840 - 386 páginas
...than those of the Christian religion. " I had rather," says he, "believe all the fables in the Legend, the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. God never wrought a miracle to convert an atheist, because his ordinary works confute him. A thorough... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 612 páginas
...upon the real and settled faith of Lord Bacon. Bacon perhaps was sincere, when he said, 'I had rather b{+ But to many parts of the paradoxes we may apply his remark upon the fool, who said in his heart, but... | |
 | 1858 - 690 páginas
...of an angel, flew through the spheres of thought with the gospel of modern science, " 1 would rather believe all the fables in the Legend and the Talmud...Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without mind." We know there are difficulties in the belief that God is a spirit, but they are the difficulties... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1842 - 846 páginas
...warrant. I would therefore, in the fullest sense, adopt the language of Bacon and say, " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud,...is without a Mind ; and therefore God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because His ordinary works convince it" — and I would add, " such works... | |
 | 1861 - 1148 páginas
...saying of one who was not deficient in his recognition of and in his respect for law. " I had rather believe all the fables in the legend,- and the Talmud,...than that this universal frame is without a mind." Passing over for the present the Chapters on Power, "Wealth, Culture, Behavior, we come to that on... | |
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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; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. 
