 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1822 - 234 pages
...his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. It destroys, likewise, magnanimity, and the raising human nature ; for take an example of a dog, and mark...a man, who to him is instead of a God, or " melior iiatura ;" which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence of a better nature... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...by his body; and if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. It u2 destroys likewise magnanimity, and the raising of...God, or melior natura; which courage is manifestly such, as that creature, without that confidence of a better nature than his own, could never attain.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...the heathens should have had the names Jupiter, Apollo, Mars, Sic. but not the word Deus, which shews that even those barbarous people have the notion,...or " melior natura ;" which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence of a better nature than his own, could never attain.... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...against atheists the very savages take part with the very subtlest philosophers. The con^ templative atheist is rare, a Diagoras, a Bion, a Lucian perhaps,...or " melior natura ;" which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence of a better nature than his own, could never attain.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...the heathens should have had the names Jupiter, Apollo, Mars, &c. but not the word Deus, which shews that even those barbarous people have the notion,...ignoble creature. It destroys likewise magnanimity, apd the raising of human nature; for take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...to religion. They that deny a God destroy man's nobility : for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body ; and if he be not of kin to God by his...God, or melior natura : which courage is manifestly such, as that creature, without that confidence of a better nature than his own, could never attain.... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...to religion. They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if he be not of kin to God by his...maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God, or f " melior natura :" which courage is manifestly such as that creature, with that confidence of a better... | |
 | Periodicals - 1833 - 270 pages
...MERRICK. 1765. THEY that deny a God, destroy man's nobility ; for certainly man is of kir. to the beasts by his body, and if he be not of kin to God by his...maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a god, or better nature ; which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence of a better... | |
 | William Whewell - Astronomy - 1833 - 416 pages
...know him to be capable of attaining. " To deny a God," again says the great philosopher, " destroys magnanimity and the raising of human nature ; for...God, or melior natura : which courage is manifestly such, as that creature, without that confidence of a better nature than his own, could never attain.... | |
 | William Whewell - Astronomy - 1833 - 298 pages
...know him to be capable of attaining. " To deny a God," again says the great philosopher, " destroys magnanimity and the raising of human nature ; for...God, or melior natura : which courage is manifestly such, as that creature, without that confidence of a better nature than his own, could never attain.... | |
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They that deny a God destroy man's nobility ; for certainly man is of kin to the beast by his body ; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. It destroys likewise magnanimity, and the raising of human nature ;... 
