| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1789 - 424 pages
...the Caliph; and the well-known anfwer of Omar was infpired by the ignorance of a fanatic. " If thefe writings of the Greeks agree with " the book of God , they are ufelefs and need ** not be preferved : if they difagree, they are " pernicious and ought to be deftroyed.... | |
| George Gregory - 1790 - 456 pages
...The requeft was therefore preferred to Omar ; who replied, with the fpirit of a fanatic, " Ifthefc writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are ufelefc, and deferve not to be preferved ; if they difagree, they are pernicious, gnd ought to be deftroyed."... | |
| George Gregory - Church history - 1795 - 582 pages
...The requeft was therefore preferred to Omar, who replied, with ' the fpirit of a fanatic, " If thefe writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are ufelefs, and deferve not to be preferved ; if they difagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be deftroyed."... | |
| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1805 - 582 pages
...the same spirit which has held a great part of the globe in intellectual bondage : ' If these works agree with the book of God, they are useless and need not be preserved ; if they contradict it, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed.' But whatever... | |
| Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 526 pages
...the caliph ; and the well-known answer of Omar was inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic. " If these writings of the " Greeks agree with the book of God, they are " useless and need not be preserved ; if they " disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be F f 4 " destroyed." . * Many... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 pages
...the Caliph, and the well known answer of Omar was inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic: "If these writings of " the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are " useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, " they are pei'nicious, and ought to be destroyed." The sentence was... | |
| Selina Bunbury - 1828 - 372 pages
...deplored the destruction ordered by the Saracen. ' If ' these writings of the Greeks,' said Omar, ' agree with the book of God, they are useless and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.' In accordance with... | |
| Phenix - 1835 - 312 pages
...barbarians. The well-known answer of Omar was inspired by the ignorance of a devotee: " If," says he, " these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." The sentence was executed... | |
| Royal Robbins - History - 1837 - 732 pages
...and the illiberalily of a fanatic. " if," said he to Amrou, " these writings agree with the Koran, they are useless, and need not he preserved ; if they...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Omar was finally assassinated. Othman succeeded Omar, in 645. He added Bactriana, and a part of Tartary,... | |
| Martin Ruter - Church history - 1845 - 458 pages
...caliph. The request was therefore preferred to Omar, who replied with the spirit of a fanatic, " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and deserve not to be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." The... | |
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