 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 :  Bacon, His Writings and His Philosophy - עמוד 49מאת George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 715 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 דפים
...rules and governs all things, that we have surpassed all nations and peoples.] XVII. OF SUPERSTITION.1 IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy2 of him. For the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1866 - 540 דפים
...who persistently teach this view. For what says Lord Bacon? (Essays, XVII. Of Superstition.) •• It were better to have no opinion of God at all than...Plutarch saith well to that purpose. ' Surely,' saith he, ' I had rather a great deal men should say there were no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they... | |
 | University of California, Berkeley - 1920 - 498 דפים
...of mysticism and the unnecessary demands of an undue supernaturalism. "It were better," says Bacon, "to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion...unworthy of him, for the one is unbelief, the other contumely; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the deity. ' ' Superstition is our inheritance... | |
 | Hugh Black - 1920 - 232 דפים
...revaluation has to cover the whole ground of religion from the doctrine of God itself ; for as Bacon said, " It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him." It must deal also with the organization of religion, and ask such a question as this, whether we can... | |
 | William Stephen Rainsford - 1922 - 516 דפים
...your life altogether. Lord Bacon said, long ago: "It were better to have no opinion at all of God, than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him. For the one may be unbelief, but the other is contumely." That is unanswerable. I can never be thankful enough... | |
 | Algernon de Vivier Tassin - 1923 - 456 דפים
...heels are at your commandment; I will run. WILLIAM SHAKSPEBE — Merchant of Venice 287. SUPERSTITIONS It were better to have no opinion of God at all than...Plutarch saith well to that purpose: Surely, saith he, I had rather a great deal men should say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they should... | |
 | John George Robertson, Charles Jasper Sisson - 1924 - 556 דפים
...Shaftesbury dans son Letter concerning Enthusiasm d£ veloppait cette pensee deja exprime'e par Bacon : ' It were better to have no opinion of God at all than...certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity,' et il ajoutait dans une note : ' For my own part, says honest Plutarch, I had rather men should say... | |
 | Vasudeva Janannath Kirtikar - 1924 - 244 דפים
...whose immanence in Evil and Sin it would be highly impious to assert ! " It is better (says Bacon) to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him." Such a God has been secured in the Christian system. The present Christianity, says Professor Pfleiderer3,... | |
 | George Sprau - 1925 - 368 דפים
...within their range of comprehension and appreciation. SUGGESTED STUDIES I. THE ESSAY 1 Of Superstition It were better to have no opinion of God at all than...Plutarch saith well to that purpose: Surely, saith he, I had rather a great deal men should say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they should... | |
 | George Sprau - 1925 - 370 דפים
...their range of comprehension and appreciation. SUGGESTED STUDIES I. THE ESSAY 1 Of Superstition It weie better to have no opinion of God at all than such...Plutarch saith well to that purpose: Surely, saith he, I had rather a great deal men should say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they should... | |
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