 | Charles Bray - Philosophy - 1871 - 358 pages
...would rather be damned. " It were better," says 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 is contumely: and certamly superstition is the reproach of deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : ' Surely I had... | |
 | Sidney H.. Morse, Joseph B.. Marvin - 1871
...had. already said, in his " Essay of Superstition," " It were better to have no God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other contumely." And he quotes also Plutarch as saying, "Surely, I had rather, a great deal, men should... | |
 | Francis Bacon, John G. Hall - Philosophy - 1997 - 412 pages
...AND BRAZEN VESSELS, AND TABLES. vii. 8,4. 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 : "Surely,' saith he,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Brian Vickers - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 216 pages
...nationesque superavimus* 17. OF SUPERSTITION It were better to have no opinion7 of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him. For the one is unbelief, the other is contumely:8 and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity.* Plutarch* saith well to that... | |
 | Rhetoric - 2001 - 154 pages
...mittelbare Folge davon. B 44 It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion äs is unworthy of him: for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. (Bacon, Essay XVII: »Of Superstition«) Eine zweigliedrige... | |
 | Arthur Dyott Thomson - Religion - 2002 - 452 pages
...the world ? " Bacon says in his Essays, " It were better to hnvo 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 Deity." The Rabbi a however, did not embrace this view, for they settled... | |
 | George Anastaplo - Religion - 2002 - 397 pages
...Superstition." which includes these sentiments: 1t 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. . . And as the contumely is greater towards God. so the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1996 - 813 pages
...nationesque superavimus'.0 17. OF SUPERsTITION IT were better to have no opinion0 of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him. For the one is unbelief, the other is contumely:0 and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity.0 Plutarch0 saith well to that... | |
 | James Shane - Religion - 2002 - 708 pages
...seek the Lord while he may be found! Bacon: 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 and the other is contumely; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Milton: The greatest... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 2003 - 488 pages
...nationesque superavimus." XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such , superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : " Surely," sailh he,... | |
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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 : 
