 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 - Pàgina 87per Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - 1851 - 416 pàgines
...thing to be flattered 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...unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is con* tumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the deity. Plutarch saith well to that... | |
 | Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - 1851 - 430 pàgines
...certainly superstition is the reproach of the 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 say that there was one Plutarch that would eat his children... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pàgines
...onmia regi, gubernarique perspeximus omnes, gentes nationesque superavimus." 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 that there was one Plutarch, that would eat his children... | |
 | Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1852 - 552 pàgines
...Of Superstition. CLXIX.— p. 193. Superstitious conceptions of the nature and attributes of God.] " Certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity....purpose, ' Surely,' saith he, ' I had rather a great deal that men should say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they should say that there... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 pàgines
...never to have seen Christianity really embodied in the life of its professors. Lord Bacon's remark, " It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of him," may be carried still further — it were better Christianity had no disciples at all than such as serve... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pàgines
...Nationefque fuperavimus . xvii. Of Superftition. |T were better to have no Opinion of God at all, than fuch an Opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is Unbelief, the other is Contumely. And certainly Superftition is the Reproach of the Deity. Plutarch faith well to that purpofe : Surely, faith he,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pàgines
...numine omnia regi, gubernarique perspeximus, omnes gentes, nationesque superXVII. 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pàgines
...omnia regi gubernarique perspeximus, omnes gentes nationesque superavimus." XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. hereof. Nay, farther, in general and in sum, certain...veritas and banitas differ but as the seal and the man at all as Plutarch, than that they should say, that there was one Plutarch, that would eat his... | |
 | Edward Thomson - 1856 - 386 pàgines
...by perverting true doctrines. Lord Bacon has the following just observations on this subject: "It is better to have no opinion of God at all, than such...Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose: 'Surely, I had a great deal rather men should say there was no such man as Plutarch, than that they would say... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pàgines
...regi, gubernarique perspeximus, omnes gentes, nationesque superavimus." * XVII.— OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, ....unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely,2 and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose... | |
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