 | William Blake - 1966 - 964 páginas
...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... | |
 | 1925 - 790 páginas
...start for an essay "Of Marriage and Single Life". "I had rather believe all the fables in the legends, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind", and the subject-matter is naturally "Of Atheism". An essay "Of Superstition" properly commences with... | |
 | Simon Varey - 1990 - 240 páginas
...some time. In his essay 'Of Atheism' (1613) Francis Bacon said he preferred to 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.'60... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 páginas
...makes an eloquent and apparently sincere disclaimer of unbelief. "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. ... A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds... | |
 | Catherine Drinker Bowen - 1993 - 294 páginas
...fear death, as children fear to go in the dark." Or on 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." Consider the opening line of the essay on gardens, in lighter vein but bearing again that touch of... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 páginas
...(1819-921. US poet. When 1 Heard the Leam'd Astronomer. ATHEISM 1 I had rather believe all the Fables t bul be disgusting; and it was doubtless no! very suitable to Ihe characier FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626). English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, 'Of Atheism" (1597-1625).... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 páginas
...metaphysical poet. "The Progress of the Soul," St. 52. Atheism 1 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... | |
 | Nicholas Humphrey - 1999 - 290 páginas
...munificence. Francis Bacon expressed the general faith in 1612: '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 [natural] philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy... | |
 | Joseph Giovannoli - 2000 - 391 páginas
...learned about Nature. Francis Bacon acknowledged, "I had rather believe all the fables in the [Golden] Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind." 4 It is a fact of human behavior that disappointment can lead either to rejection or acceptance. Rejection... | |
 | Will Durant - 2002 - 351 páginas
..."seasons" his philosophy with religion "as with salt. I had rather believe all the fables in the [Golden] Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind." He puts atheism in its place in a famous passage twice repeated. He analyzes the causes of atheism... | |
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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. 
