 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
 | Rufus Blakeman - 1849 - 262 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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.... | |
 | Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - 1851 - 428 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - 1851 - 416 pages
...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... | |
 | Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1852 - 552 pages
...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 pages
...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 - 396 pages
...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,... | |
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