| Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pages
...omnia regi, gubernari" que perspeximus, omnes gentes naticnesque " superavimus." 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... | |
| Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...the power of the immortal Gods, we have conquered all people and all nations." ©f Super0tition. AT 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... | |
| Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...omnia regi gubernarique perspeximus, omnes gentcs 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... | |
| Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...omnia regi, gubernarique perspeximus, omnes gentes nationesque superavimus." XVIII. 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 a man at all as Plutarch, than, that they... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...omnia regi, gubernarique perspeximus, omues gentcs nationesque superavimus." XVIII. 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 a man at all as Plutarch, than that they... | |
| Charles Mills - Crusades - 1821 - 558 pages
...13. The reader must already have recollected and coincided in the opinion of Lord Bacon, that, "it were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...certainly superstition is the " reproach of the Deity." Essay 17. Better be dumb than superstitious : Who violates the Godhead, is most vicious Against the... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...instans !" , Ver. 257. Gods partial, changeful,'] " It were better," says Bacon, in his 17th Essay, " to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. And... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 pages
...mortalibus instans !" Ver. 257. Go* partial, changeful,] " It were better," says Bacon, in his 17th Essay, " to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. And... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...his 17th Essay, " to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him ; for 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 danger is greater towards men. Atheism leaves a... | |
| Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 468 pages
...raised by the folly and impiety of mankind to the rank of deities. " It is better," says Lord Bacon,2 " to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him : — for the one is merely unbelief; the other is contumely." The pyramids are the tombs of bulls. In a sarcophagus, found... | |
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