 | Sir Denys Haigh Wilkinson, Denys Wilkinson - 1991 - 244 σελίδες
...of things and our presence within it all, it is natural to contemplate God. As Francis Bacon says: A little philosophy inclineth Man's mind to atheism;...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. * But it is not easy to say what a physicist, as a physicist, means by God; when one mentions God one... | |
 | Wolfgang-Dieter Baur - 1991 - 412 σελίδες
...thought was taken from Bacon, 'who applies it to more serious enquiries.' See Essay xvi, 'Of Atheism': It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in pilosophy bringeth man's minds about to religion." Zum Verhältnis von Kritik und Bibelautorität bei... | |
 | William E. Phipps - 1993 - 268 σελίδες
...atheist. That master of prose wrote: Experience has repeatedly confirmed that well-known maxim of Bacon's, that "a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." . . . [Atheists] yearn mightily in their own souls after the religious acceptance of a world interpreted... | |
 | Susan Orr - 1995 - 268 σελίδες
...begins by siding rather forcefully with the belief in divine order and providence. He acknowledges that "It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. . . ."59 The entire essay is an attempt to persuade the reader that philosophy is harmless, that it... | |
 | Rose-Mary Sargent - 1995 - 374 σελίδες
...religion ." Cf. Bacon, The Essayes or Counsels, Civil and Morall, essay 16, "Of Atheism," where he wrote that "a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion" (Works of Bacon 12: 1 32). 44. Boyle, Usefulness of Natural Philosophy, pt. 1, essay 5, in Works 2:... | |
 | Laurence Lampert - 1993 - 500 σελίδες
...little philosophy inclineth man's mind 12. See Strauss, Argument and Action of Plato's Laws, 183. [134] to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion" (Essays, "Of Atheism"). The Socratic turn from the things to the speeches is a way of safety, the artful... | |
 | Nieves Mathews - 1996 - 620 σελίδες
...Nothing Bacon wrote on religion should be taken seriously, wrote JA Naigeon. The famous remark, he said, that 'a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion' had clearly been written in a fit of mental aberration. Nevertheless, Naigeon conceded, profound and... | |
 | John W. Gardner, Francesca Gardner Reese - 1996 - 278 σελίδες
...Earth's loveliness. Michelangelo Experience has repeatedly confirmed that well-known maxim of Bacon's, that "a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." At the same time, when Bacon penned the sage epigram ... he forgot to add that the God to whom depth... | |
 | Richard Ingalese, Isabella Ingalese - 1996 - 284 σελίδες
...Free: 888-844-2386 www.heallhresearchbooks.com Walking Press New York DEDICATED TO ALL LOVERS OF TRUTH "A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." — BACON. PREFACE The seven lessons in philosophy, contained in this book, were prepared for our more... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 σελίδες
...is but the handmaid to religion.6 In his treatise entitled, Of Atheism, Sir Francis Bacon declared: A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism,...depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.7 Sir Francis Bacon, as recorded in the Literary and Religious Works of Francis Bacon, Volume... | |
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It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion... 
