 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 - Pagina 87door Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | Kuno Fischer - 1857 - 544 pagina’s
...is done by superstition, which is, in truth, a " pasquill against the Divine Being. Plutarch sayeth 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 say that there was one Plutarch that would eat his children... | |
 | Ernst Kuno B. Fischer - 1857 - 540 pagina’s
...is done by superstition, which is, in truth, a " pasquill against the Divine Being. Plutarch sayeth 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 say that there was one Plutarch that would eat his children... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | 1858 - 890 pagina’s
...unscrupulous among their compeers. Of superstition, including fanaticism and bigotry, Lord Bacon says : — " It were better to have no opinion of God At all, than...other is contumely, and certainly superstition is tho reproach of tho Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : — ' Surely (saith he,) / had rather... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 pagina’s
...rules and governs all things, that we have surpassed all nations and peoples.] XVIl. OF SUPERSTITION.1 IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy2 of him. For the one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly superstition is the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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... | |
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