 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 ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.  The New Englander - Página 211876Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 páginas
...was raised against the man who had said : " I would rather helieve all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind." 1 But Bacon had to encounter the prejudices even of the learned. Cuffe, the Earl of Essex's secretary,... | |
 | John Orr (Unitarian minister.) - 1857 - 518 páginas
...pleasant supposition, Bacon has declared, — " 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 ;" and in many other passages, he has left incontestable evidence of his belief in God. He says that... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 páginas
...made to intimidation. ESSAY XVI. OF ATHEISM. 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 ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracles to convince1 atheism, because his ordinary works convince... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 páginas
...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 ; " (Lord1 Bacon in his Essays;) he has expressed the same feeling, which, in all ages and nations,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 páginas
...is worse than the disease. XVI. OP ATHEISM. 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. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.... | |
 | Rev. James Gardner - 1858 - 1042 páginas
...Essay on Atheism,' uses these strong words : " 1 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... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - 1858 - 588 páginas
...the heavens discover." " I had rather," says Lord Bacon, " 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 miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince... | |
 | Henry Batchelor - 1858 - 244 páginas
...it was that the great Lord Bacon said, — " 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 true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth... | |
 | 1858 - 688 páginas
...thought with the gospel of modern science, " 1 would rather believe all the fables in the Legend and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without mind." We know there are difficulties in the belief that God is a spirit, but they are the difficulties... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 páginas
...Bacon. Bacon perhaps was sincere, when he said, '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.' But to many parts of the paradoxes we may apply hia remark upon the fool, who taid in his heart, but... | |
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