 | William Blake - 1966 - 944 pągines
...can he except Factious is Christianity. Page 75- OfAlhetsm. I had rather believe all the fables and the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran than that this universal frame is without a wind : and, therefore, God ne1er wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince... | |
 | P. C. W. Davies, Paul Davies - 1984 - 255 pągines
...fundamental constants must remain the most compelling evidence for an element of cosmic design. 14. Miracles 'God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.' Francis Bacon 'There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number... | |
 | Simon Varey - 1990 - 220 pągines
...been flourishing for some time. In his essay 'Of Atheism' (1613) Francis Bacon said he preferred to believe 'all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud,...convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.'60 Later, opponents of Epicureanism and advocates of the design argument were similarly certain... | |
 | Will Durant - 1961 - 543 pągines
...philosophy is secular and rationalistic, he makes an eloquent and apparently sincere disclaimer of unbelief. "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a mind. ... A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds... | |
 | Catherine Drinker Bowen - 1993 - 245 pągines
...stay for an answer." Or on death: "Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark." Or on atheism: "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a mind." Consider the opening line of the essay on gardens, in lighter vein but bearing again that touch of... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1092 pągines
...silence at the stars. WALT WHITMAN (1819-921. US poet. When 1 Heard the Leam'd Astronomer. ATHEISM 1 I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a Mind. FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626). English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, 'Of Atheism" (1597-1625).... | |
 | Michael Anthony Corey - 1994 - 434 pągines
...43. Ibid., p. 164. 44. Ibid. 45. Ibid. CHAPTER 11 On the Role of Natural Processes in the Creation God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. FRANCIS BACON 11.1 God is Natural Much of the reason for the scientific community's rejection of a... | |
 | Michael Anthony Corey - 1995 - 446 pągines
...science alone will probably never be able to answer. XIII. Evolution and the Nature of the Miraculous God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. - Francis Bacon The word "miracle" means different things to different people. For some, it means a... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 625 pągines
...DONNE, (c. 1572-1631) British divine, metaphysical poet. "The Progress of the Soul," St. 52. Atheism 1 I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. FRANCIS BACON, (1561-1626) British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Atheism," (1597-1... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 216 pągines
...with the other great men in the state; or else the remedy is worse than the disease. 16. OF ATHEISM I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,*...a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince4 atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth... | |
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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. 
