 | 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...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 398 pages
...mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of. them, confederate...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.' . • " But as you allow the power that made the world ' , and imposed the laws which you say suffice... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when h beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | 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...no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity. On vieuilny the Chaptlof tfolyrood House.... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 662 pages
...in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Aleoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind...linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and to Deity. Nay, even that school which is most accused of atheism doth most demonstrate religion, that... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 418 pages
...Legend, 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...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no furth.gr ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | 1831 - 336 pages
...the mind of man looketh at second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." Notwithstanding Lord Bacon's objection to final causes as a subject of philosophical inquiry, it must... | |
 | 1831 - 336 pages
...mind of man looketh at second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." Notwithstanding Lord Bacon's objection to final causes as a subject of philosophical inquiry, it must... | |
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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 farther; but... 
