 Nay, even that school which is most accused of atheism doth most demonstrate religion, that is, the school of Leucippus and Democritus and Epicurus ; for it is a thousand times more credible that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence,...  The New Englander - Page 6151875Full view - About this book
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 pages
...credible that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence, 1 duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions, or seeds unplaced, 2 should have produced this order or beauty without a Divine marshal. The Scripture saith, "The fool... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...credible that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence/ duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions,...have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal. The Scripture saith, " The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God;"e it is not said,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1883 - 236 pages
...that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence, £ duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions,...have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal. The Scripture saith, "The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God;"§ it is not said,... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - 1883 - 304 pages
...credible that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions,...or seeds unplaced, should have produced this order or beauty without a divine marshal. The Scripture saith, " The fool hath said in his heart, there *... | |
 | 1883 - 558 pages
...one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinitely small portions, or seeds unplaced, should have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal." ("Essay on Atheism.") We may perceive in these statements the inchoate efforts to reach that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 474 pages
...credible that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence,4 duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions,...have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal. The Scripture saith, " The fool hath said in his heart, there is no 1 This passage not improbably... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1884 - 476 pages
...credible that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence,4 duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions,...have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal. The Scripture saith, " The fool hath said in his heart, there is no 1 This passage not improbably... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...credible that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions...have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal. 1 Democritus was born at Abdera of a noble and wealthy family, who entertained Xerxes on his... | |
 | 1884 - 640 pages
...that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed should need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions,...have produced this order and beauty without a Divine Marshal." Truly it seems to me that the admission of " one immutable fifth essence," is the admission... | |
 | Maurice Charles Hime - 1885 - 132 pages
...credible that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions,...have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal. The Scripture saith, ' The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God:' it is not said,... | |
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