Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Bacon , Francis (2010-09), Of Atheism, Retrieved on 2013-12-30Source Material [books.google.com]
Folksonomies: atheism Memes
30 DEC 2013
Lord Bacon's Apology for Atheism
Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation: all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and createth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men: therefore Atheism did never perturb states; for it makes men wary of themselves, as looking no farther, and we see the times inclined to Atheism (as the time of Augustus Cæsar) were civil times: but superstition hath been the confusion o...Folksonomies: atheism spirituality
Folksonomies: atheism spirituality
He makes the case that the source of Atheists' inspiration informs their virtues and moral conduct.