...causes, as it were, in the power of indark, must needs have for object something. And ™ihle things, therefore when there is nothing to be seen, there is nothing to accuse, either of their good, or evil fortune, but some power, or agent invisible: in which sense perhaps it...

...causes, as it were in the power of indark, must needs have for object something. And vil)ihle things, therefore when there is nothing to be seen, there is nothing to accuse, either of their good, or evil fortune, but some power, or agent invisible : in which sense perhaps...

...or merely tn avoid odium, God only knows ; and whichever it was, H will not prerent its being tnie. the dark, must needs have for object something. And...(as the great ghost of the whole world, apparitions Jbeing nothing but men's own dreams and fancies taken by them for sensations) but also men's taking...

...perpetual feare, alwayes accompanying mankind in the ignorance of causes, as it were in the Dark, must need have for object something. And therefore when there...is nothing to be seen, there is nothing to accuse either of their good or evil fortune but some power or agent invisible.' Sen. Ep. no, 6, 'non omni...

...originated from the " perpetual fear, always accompanying mankind in the ignorance of causes." This fear "must needs have for object something. And therefore...is nothing to be seen, there is nothing to accuse, either of their good, or evil fortune, but some Power or Agent invisible." Leviathan, ed. AR Waller;...

...maintained an almost Critian construction, tying it again to the allimportant human passion of fear "when there is nothing to be seen, there is nothing to accuse, either of their good, or evill fortune, but some Power, or Agent invisible. In which sense perhaps...

...gnawed by fear of death, poverty, or other calamity. This perpetual fear needs have some object. Thus, when there is nothing to be seen, there is nothing to accuse but some power invisible: and here consisteth the seed of religion. From these seeds, men hath cultured...