 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 - 1862 - 715 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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....Plutarch saith well to that 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...numine omnia regi, gubernarique perspeximus, omnes gentes, nationesque superXVII. 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... | |
 | Robert Cox - 1853 - 744 pages
...circumstances. And the doctrine of the English Puritans, in opposition to this, isfigmentum Angltcanum.\ opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is...saith well to that purpose : ' Surely,' saith he, ' I had rather a great deal men should say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch, than that they... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...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 " I had rather a great deal men should say, there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they... | |
 | Edward Thomson - 1856 - 386 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...over, and then, the greatest exertion that can be made may be insufficient to arrest their fall. ' The one is unbelief, the other is contumely; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity.' Bacon might have said that both are unbelief; for, he who rashly gives heed to superstitions delusions,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...Nationefque fuperavimus.6 xvii. Of Superftition. JIT 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, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...given to those who seek for them in the way He has Himself appointed. ESSAY XVII. OF SUPEESTITION. TT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an JL opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is cdntumely : and certainly... | |
 | Charles Frederic Hudson - 1857 - 498 pages
...for ever ? 1 TM Post, New Englander, Feb. 1856, p. 131. 2 Goethe's Fnust. CHAPTER II. EVIL AND GOD. "It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such nn opinion a* is unworthy of Him." — BACON. § 1. NATURAL EVIL. BECAUSE all natural evil is transient,... | |
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