 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...LORD BACON : Essay XVII.: Of Atheism. They that deny a God destroy a man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body ; and if he...by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. It destroys, likewise, magnanimity, and the raising human nature. LORD BACON : Essay XVII.: Of Atheism.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 300 pages
...do more bow men's minds to religion. They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for 75 certainly Man is of kin to the beasts by his body ; and if he...by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. It destroys likewise magnanimity, and the raising of human nature. For take an example of a dog, and... | |
 | 1909 - 378 pages
...adversities do more bow men's minds to religion. They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he...by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. It destroys likewise magnanimity, and the raising of human nature; for take an example of a dog, and... | |
 | William Blake - 1966 - 964 pages
...more bow men's minds to religion. a Lie! They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he...by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. an artifice! It destroys likewise magnanimity, and the raising of human nature; for take an example... | |
 | Paul Johnson - 1994 - 434 pages
...God, what is he? As Francis Bacon put it: "They that deny God destroy man's nobility: for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature." We are less base and ignoble by virtue... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft - 1995 - 396 pages
...is the being - can it be an immortal one? who will condescend to govern 87 by such sinister methods! 'Certainly,' says Lord Bacon, 'man is of kin to the...by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature!" Men, indeed, appear to me to act in a very unphilosophical manner when they try to secure the good... | |
 | Robin Le Poidevin - 1996 - 192 pages
...and ethics inseparable or incompatible? They that deny a God destroy a man's nobility, for certainly Man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if he...by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. Francis Bacon, Of Atheism PLATO'S DILEMMA Consider the following doctrines: (a) God is good. (b) God... | |
 | Mary Shelley - 1997 - 566 pages
...insignificant is the being - can it be an immortal one? who will condescend to govern by such sinister methods! 'Certainly, says Lord Bacon, 'man is of kin to the...kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature!'4 Men, indeed, appear to me to act in a very unphilosophical manner when they try to secure... | |
 | Peter Loptson - 1998 - 588 pages
...distant. the being - can it be an immortal one? - who will condescend to govern by such sinister methods? "Certainly," says Lord Bacon, "man is of kin to the...by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature!" Men, indeed, appear to me to act in a very unphilosophical manner, when they try to secure the good... | |
 | Stephen H. Webb - 1998 - 235 pages
...Francis Bacon's Essays Civil and Moral: "They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he...by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. It destroys likewise magnanimity, and the raising of human nature; for take an example of a dog, and... | |
| |
They that deny a God destroy man's nobility, for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body, and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. 
