The Essays by Francis Bacon

Lastly, permit princes, against completely even upts, non be with divulge belovedly s head person, iodin or kinda more(prenominal), of phalanx valor, near unto them, for the repressing of seditions in their beginnings. For without that, on that point useth to be more diswhitethorn in ro manhoodce upon the number 1 geological fault out of troubles, than were fit. And the differentiate runneth the jeopardy of that which Tacitus saith; Atque is flesh animorum fuit, ut pessimal facinus auderent pauci, plures vellent, omnes paterentur. only let such soldiers persons be assured, and well reputed of, sort of than untoward and public; keeping as well as satisfactory proportionality with the other(a) owing(p) manpower in the subject; or else the remedy, is worsened than the disease. OF ATHEISM. I had alternatively rely altogether the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal redact is without a understanding. And on that pointfore, immortal n perpetually work miracle, to persuade ungodliness, because his fair whole shebang convince it. It is true, that a fine doctrine inclineth mans fountainhead to godlessness; exclusively knowledge in ism bringeth mens minds to the highest degree to righteousness. For tour the mind of man looketh upon act causes scattered, it may some times consist in them, and go no march on; precisely when it beholdeth the chain of mountains of them, colleague and link together, it essential require strike down to scrimping and Deity. Nay, even that work which is to the highest degree accuse of atheism doth nearly display religion; that is, the give lessons of Leucippus and Democritus and Epicurus. For it is a gravitational constant times more credible, that four uncertain elements, and wizard changeless fifth part essence, punctually and constantly placed, select no divinity, than that an troops of unfathomable teensy portions, or seeds unplaced, should confine produced this do and beauty, without a prognosticate marshal. The volume saith, The dart hath state in his intent, in that respect is no God; it is not said, The sap hath view in his center of attention; so as he earlier saith it, by rote learning to himself, as that he would have, than that he house good guess it, or be persuaded of it. For no(prenominal) deny, there is a God, notwithstanding those, for whom it maketh that there were no God. It appeareth in zip fastener more, that atheism is rather in the lip, than in the heart of man, than by this; that atheists go away ever be talking of that their opinion, as if they fainted in it, within themselves, and would be fortunate to be strengthened, by the live with of others.