 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 - Page 49by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...rules and governs all things, that we have surpassed all nations and peoples.] XVII. OF SUPERSTITION.' IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion аз is unworthy 2 of him. For the one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly superstition... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...omnia regi, gubernarique perspeximus omnes, gentes nationesque superaviinus." XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of Lira ; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely ; and certainly superstition is the reproach... | |
 | Charles Frederic Hudson - 1859 - 498 pages
...for ever ? 1 TM Post, New Englander, Feb. 1s56, p. 131. 2 Goethe's Faust. CHAPTER II. EVIL AND GOD. " It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than snch nn opinion as is unworthy of Him." — BACOH. § 1. NATURAL EVIL. BECAUSE all natural evil is... | |
 | Peter Paradox (pseud.) - 1860 - 330 pages
...SUPERSTITION. " ' It is better,' says Lord Bacon, in one of his essays," commenced the lecturer, " ' to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion...certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. It is, without a veil, a deformed thing ; for as it addeth deformity to an ape to be so like a man,... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - 1860 - 706 pages
...altogether, than Theists, and believe him arbitrary, cruel, vindictive. " It were better," says Lord Bacon, "to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion...unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief; the other, contumely. Plutarch says well, ' Surely I had a great deal rather that men should say there was no... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1860 - 530 pages
...hence one, who furpafled in wifdom, faid, " It is 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 I John iv. iS. Job xviii. II. 14. See Bp. Middleton's Sermons and Charges, pp.... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1860 - 526 pages
...hence one, who furpafled in wifdom, faid, " It is 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 I John iv. 18. Job xviii. i1. 14. See Bp. Middleton's Sermons and Charges, pp.... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - 1860 - 610 pages
...cruel, vindictive. " It were better," says Lord Bacon, "to have no opinion of God at all, than such.an opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief; the other, contumely. Plutarch says well,' Surely I had a great deal rather that men should say there was no such... | |
 | Charles Frederic Hudson - 1861 - 514 pages
...for ever ? i TM Post, New Englander, Feb. 1866, p. 181. 2 Goethe's Faust. CHAPTER II. EVIL AND GOD. "It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such nn opinion as is unworthy of Him." — BACON. § 1. NATURAL EVIL. BECAUSE all natural evil is transient,... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...parts — the receiving from Him, the conforming to Him, and the reposing and trusting in Him. Burton» It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for the one is unbelief, and the other is contumely ; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Bacon. OODLÏNESS—... | |
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