 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 418 pages
...erudition displayed by Cudworth in defence of the same argument " 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 ! It is trae that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth... | |
 | Marquis Spineto - 1829 - 558 pages
...modern philosophers (Lord Bacon, in his Essays) declares, that ' he would rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ;' he has expressed the same feeling, which, in all ages and nations, has led good men, unaccustomed... | |
 | 1829 - 620 pages
...greater length ; but our limits forbid it. " I had rather believe," says Lord Bacon, " all the fables in the legend and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind." And I shall venture to add, that it were better to believe all that the Pope has decreed, and Mahomet... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...man. When the greatest of modern philosophers declares, that " he would rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without mind;"f he has ex* Select Discourses by JOHN SMITH, p. 119. Cambridge, 1673. t Lord BACON in his Essays.... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 442 pages
...erudition displayed by Cudworth in defence of the name argument. " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this univer^il frame is without a mind! It is true that a little philoso' inclined) mini's ininil to .itii'... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 620 pages
...immanis, eujus mentem BOD imbuerit deorum opinio. Cic. Tusc. i. 20. " 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." Lord Bacon, Essay 16. " A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism : but depth io philosophy... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 622 pages
...cujus mentem non imbuerit deorum opinio. Cic. Tusc. i. 20. " I had rather believe all the fables ia the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran than that this universal frame is without a mind." Lord Bacon, Essay 16. " A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism: but depth in philosophy... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1830 - 530 pages
...Your most assured friend, FRANCIS ST. ALBAN. * Or, it may be Masculum, as I find it read elsewhere. A Letter of the Lord Bacon's, in French, to the Marquess Fiat, relating to his Essays. Monsieur 1' Ambassadeur mon fil, Voyant que vostre excellence faict et traite manages, non seulement entre les... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1830 - 530 pages
...shortly, if God permit. Farewell, most reverend father. Your most assured friend, FRANCIS ST. AI,BAN. A Letter of the Lord Bacon's, in French, to the Marquess Fiat, relating to his Essays. Monsieur 1' Ambassadeur mon fil, Voyant que vostre excellence faict et traite mariages, non seulement entre... | |
 | 1831 - 336 pages
...to logic than theology ;" and in his Essays he finely remarks, " 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. While the mind of man looketh at second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no... | |
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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. 
