 We know, and it is our pride to know, that man is by his constitution a religious animal; that atheism is against, not only our reason, but our instincts; and that it cannot prevail long.  Writings and Speeches - Page 365by Edmund Burke - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 536 pages
...lefs of the Chriftiap religion in it, -but becaufe, in our judgment, it has more. We are proteftants, not from indifference but from zeal. We know, and it is our pride to know, that man is. by his conftitution a religious animal ; that atheifm is againft, not only our reafon but our inftincts ;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 370 pages
...left of the Chriftian religion in it, but becaufe, in our judgment, it has more. We are pro"teftants, not from indifference but from zeal. We know, and it is our pride to. know, that man is by his conftitution a religious animal ; that atheifm is againft, not only our reafon but 'our inflinfts;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 636 pages
...His enim rebus imbuta mentrs hcud fane alhoirtbunt ab mill et a vera fententia. Cic de Legibus, <. 2. We know, and it is our pride to know, that man is by his conftitution a religious animal ; that atheifm is againft, not only our reafon but our inflindts ;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 pages
...anathema, by the venerable fathers of this philofophic fynod. Credat who will — certainly not JuATHEISM. WE know, and it is our pride to know, that man is by his conftitution a religious animal ; that atheifm is againft, not only our reafon but our inftincts; and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 458 pages
...lefs of the Chriftian religion in it, but becaufe, in our judgment, it has more. We are proteftants, not from indifference but from zeal. We know, and it is our pride to know, that man is by his conftitution a religious animal; that atheifin is againft, not only our reafon but our inftincts ;... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation. See NOBILITY. ATHEISM. WE know, and it is our pride to know, that man is by his constitution a religious animal ; that atheism is against not only our reason but our instinct ; and that it cannot... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
...what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation. See NOBILITY. ATHEISM. WE know, and it is our pride to know, that man is by his constitution a religious animal ; that atheism is against not only our reason but our instinct ; and that it cannot... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 512 pages
...neither the Greek nor the Armenian, nor, since heats are subsided, the Roman system of religion, we prefer the Protestant ; not because we think it has...our pride to know, that man is by his constitution a religious animal ; that atheism is against, not only our reason but our instincts -, and that it cannot... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...neither the Greek nor the Armenian, nor, since heats are subsided, the Roman system of religion, we prefer the Protestant; not because we think it has less of the Christian in it, but because, in our judgment, it has more. — We are Protestants, not from indifference but... | |
 | Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 pages
...what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation. See NOBILITY. . ATHEISM. WE know, and it is our pride to know, that man is by his constitution a religious animal ; that atheism is against not only our reason but our instinct; and that it cannot... | |
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