 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 miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.  Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political - Page 82by Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1845 - 616 pages
...had thought — " I would rather believe," says the great apostle of inductive philosophy, " 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." It was, therefore, no wonder that the idolatry... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 850 pages
...course, atliovra ¿pofiia, xat 6EONTA. *A0eoi eV Tip foofuv. Without God in the world. (Eph. ii. 12.) God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince ft. Batane Essay on ¿theism. Tlicre is no knowledge, whereof God is not the author. He would never... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...nearly the whole of the Sixteenth Essay, entitled ' Of Atheism,' which is in the collection of 1612. I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...nearly the whole of the Sixteenth Essay, entitled ' Of Atheism,' which is in the collection of 1612. I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...Atheism," which is in the collection of 1612. I had rather helieve all the fahles in the Legend, and tir Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal...is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, hecause his ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1846 - 548 pages
...they habitually dwelt on this subject. 'I would rather,' says Lord Bacon, 'believe all the fables of the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.' Schiller, in his beautiful Hymn to Pleasure, represents her banner as waving upon the sun-bright rock... | |
 | 1744 - 596 pages
...of our first parents; and all the evil now, is the numerous progeny of one little sin. ATHEISM.— God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. A SAD TRUTH. — When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the... | |
 | Emma Newton - 1847 - 230 pages
...spoke ; and what do you think she said? — "Wallace, I would rather," as Lord Bacon says, "I would rather believe all the fables in the legend and the...than that this universal frame is without a mind!" The Unbeliever smiled, and he answered, "Are we not agreed, my dearest Agnes ? What is that all-sustaining... | |
 | 1847 - 676 pages
...where he says, — " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legends, and the Talmud and the Koran, than that this universal frame 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... | |
 | 1848 - 614 pages
...that his own atheism is the very essence of superstition. " I had rather," said a great philosopher, " believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud,...than that this universal frame is without a mind." But the atheist takes the reverse view of the case, and falls into the extreme of superstitious credulity.... | |
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