 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 - Page 87by Francis Bacon - 1812 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1824 - 424 pages
...subsequent note. 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...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...nia regi, gubernarique perspeximus omnes, gentes " nationesque superavimus." XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English prose literature - 1825 - 524 pages
...nia regi, gubernarique perspeximus omnes, gentes " nationesque superavimus," XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...It were better to have no opinion of God at all, :han such an opinion as is unworthy of him; for :he one is unbelief, the other is contumely: and certainly...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... | |
 | 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 - Theology - 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 - Imaginary conversations - 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 - English essays - 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 - Theology - 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 - Bible - 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... | |
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