 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 further ; but...  Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately - Page 135by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 676 pages
...causes 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 to Providence and Deity." The second proof, which is equally strong— is the fact that, in the very passage which contains the... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but when it heholdeth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must...doth most demonstrate religion; that is the school of Lencippus,and Dernocritus. and Epicurus : for it is a thousand times more credible that four mutable... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1866 - 308 pages
...causes scattered, it may sometimes rest on them, and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity. LORD BACON. ANIMAL LIFE. — The following is a scale of the average duration of animal life from the... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...causes 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...immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need np God, than that an army of infinite small portions, or seeds unplaced, should have produced this... | |
 | 1849 - 614 pages
...causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.'' . 2. I notice a second view which appears to me to be equally, erroneous. It is that where there is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...causes 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...fifth essence duly and eternally placed, need no God; thnn that an army of infinite small portions, or seeds unplaced, should have produced this order and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain Leucippus,and Dentbcritus, and Epicurus : for it is a thousand times more credible that four mutable... | |
 | 1850 - 896 pages
...causes scattered, it may sometimes rest on them, and go no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." [From the' London Examiner.] ÜNSECTARIAN EDUCATION IN ENGLAND. in 1845; ¿6100,000 in 1846 and m 1847;... | |
 | 1850 - 454 pages
...causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity."* His belief he has left us in a wellwritten confession of his faith, embracing the usual articles of... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must...Deity '. Nay, even that school which is most accused oi atheism, doth most demonstrate religion ; that is, the school of Leucippus, and Democritus, and... | |
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