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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:  "
The Essays Or Counsels, Moral, Economical and Political: With Elegant ... - Page 64
by Francis Bacon - 1818 - 290 pages
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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...omnia regi, gubernarique per speximus, omnes gentes nationc&que superavmus." OF SUPERSTITION. lT*were better to have no opinion of God at all than such...opinion as is unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, xhe other is contumely ; and certainly superstition 'is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well...
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The Bible of Nature, and Substance of Virtue: Condensed from the Scriptures ...

John Stewart - 1849 - 244 pages
...opinion of God at all than //y^uch an opinion as is unworthy of him; for the one is un. / { belief, the other is contumely ; and certainly superstition...Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : " Surely I had rather a great deal men should \ say there was no such a man at all as Plutarch, than that I'...
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A Philosophical Essay on Credulity and Superstition: And Also on Animal ...

Rufus Blakeman - 1849 - 262 pages
...Credulity and Superstition, and its Influence on Ancient Society. The remark of Lord Bacon, that " it were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such opinion as is unworthy of Him," is most appropriate Tn its application to the various superstitious...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...omnia régi, gubernarique perspeximus omnes, gentes nationesque superavimus." XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. IT . For as unneHSf, the other is contumely ; and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...omnia regi gubernarique perspeximns, tonnes gentes nationesque superavimus." XVII. OF SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him : for tinone is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity....
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Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development

Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - 1851 - 428 pages
...thing to be nattered and persuaded, like a poor, vain, human creature. "It were better," says Bacon, " to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion...deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : ' Surely I had rather a great deal men should say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they should...
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Angelology, Remarks and Reflections Touching the Agency and Ministration of ...

George Clayton - 1851 - 278 pages
...of Pharos, was the first it is said, that enunciated the proverb that "Habit was second nature." It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...unworthy of Him, — for the one is unbelief, the other contumely. — LOUD BACON. SILENCE ; Figuratively Recommended. Nature has afforded us double eyes and...
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Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development

Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - 1851 - 416 pages
...thing to be flattered and persuaded,like a poor, vain, human creature. " It were better," says Bacon, " to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion...unworthy of him ; for the one is unbelief, the other is con* tumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the deity. Plutarch saith well to that...
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The natural history of infidelity and superstition in contrast with ...

Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1852 - 552 pages
...Of Superstition. CLXIX.— p. 193. Superstitious conceptions of the nature and attributes of God.] " Certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity....purpose, ' Surely,' saith he, ' I had rather a great deal that men should say there was no such man at all as Plutarch, than that they should say that there...
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Sketches of English Literature from the Fourteenth to the Present Century

Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 pages
...to have seen Christianity really embodied in the life of its professors. Lord Bacon's remark, " It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of him," may be carried still further — it were better Christianity had no disciples at all than such as serve...
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