 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
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...repentance and humiliation? Blush for shame, and hide thy face in the dust. BISHOP HORNE. OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...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... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 402 pages
...repentance and humiliation? Blush for shame, and hide thy face in the dust. BISHOP HORNE. OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...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... | |
 | Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 720 pages
...superstition in its most hideous form, and to such atheism in its least offensive, Lord Bacon tells us, " It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other U contumely, and certainly superstition is a reproach of the Deity." — Essay xiii. in which Bacon... | |
 | Samuel Parr - 1828 - 796 pages
...Bacon. " It were better," says this great and real philosopher, " to have no notion of God at all, ihan such an opinion as is unworthy of him, for the one is unbelief, the other contumely."—Essay 18. They who hold, as I do, that in addition to the bad tendency of atheism upon... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1829 - 570 pages
...rather than hazard another fault. In the words about Superstition he agreed that Bacon spoke wisely. " It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of hinj; for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely." And here, remarked my visitor, it is impossible... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...numine omnia regi, gubernarique per speximus, omnes gentes nationesque superavimus." OF SUPERSTITION. IT were better to have no opinion of God at all than...opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, ihe other is contumely ; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1839 - 622 pages
...the minds of this simple and fervent people. Lord Bacon is too unqualified and absolute when he says, "It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him ;" for much error may be mingled with truth without converting it into poison. The effects of faith on the... | |
 | William Warburton - 1837 - 720 pages
...produces under a ruler, of acknowledged justice and goodness. • " It were better," says BACON, " to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him Plutarch saitli well to that purpose. Surely (saith he) / had rather a great deal men ihould toy there... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...omnia regi gubernarique perspeximus, omnes gentes nationesque superavimus." XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...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... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school and not to travel. —Bacon. 1266. It were better to have no opinion of God at all. than...and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity.—Ib. 1267. Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation... | |
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