 It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an Opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose :  Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political - עמוד 87מאת Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | 1849 - 214 דפים
...that those who are not reformed, will transmigrate to all eternity. FRANCIS BACON, ON SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all than...Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : " Surely I had rather a great deal men should say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch, than that they... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 דפים
...omnia regi, gubernarique per speximus, omnes gentes nationc&que superavmus." OF SUPERSTITION. lT*were better to have no opinion of God at all than such...opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, xhe other is contumely ; and certainly superstition 'is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well... | |
 | John Stewart - 1849 - 244 דפים
...opinion of God at all than //y^uch an opinion as is unworthy of him; for the one is un. / { belief, the other is contumely ; and certainly superstition...Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : " Surely I had rather a great deal men should \ say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch, than that I'... | |
 | Rufus Blakeman - 1849 - 262 דפים
...ESSAY CREDULITY AND SUPERSTITION; AND AL8O ON ANIMAL FASCINATION, OR CHARMING. BY RUFUS BLAKEMAN, MD " It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion i is unworthy of Him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely." LORD BACON. NEW YORK : D.... | |
 | Rufus Blakeman - 1849 - 264 דפים
...Credulity and Superstition, and its Influence on Ancient Society. The remark of Lord Bacon, that " it were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such opinion as is unworthy of Him," is most appropriate in its application to the various superstitious... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 דפים
...omnia régi, gubernarique perspeximus omnes, gentes nationesque superavimus." XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. ods. For as unneHSf, the other is contumely ; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 דפים
...omnia regi gubernarique perspeximns, tonnes gentes nationesque superavimus." XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him : for tinone is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity.... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 דפים
...perspeximus, omnes gentes, nationesque superavimus." 1 Which (old) for who. XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...rather a great deal men should say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they should say there was one Plutarch that would eat his children... | |
 | Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - 1851 - 428 דפים
...thing to be nattered and persuaded, like a poor, vain, human creature. "It were better," says Bacon, " to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion...deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : ' Surely I had rather a great deal men should say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they should... | |
 | George Clayton (jr.) - 1851 - 270 דפים
...poet of Pharos, w^as the first it is said, that enunciated the proverb that "Habit was second nature." It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...unworthy of Him, — for the one is unbelief, the other contumely. — LORD BACON. SILENCE ; Figuratively Recommended. Nature has afforded us double eyes and... | |
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