 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 pages
...collection of 1612, is entitled ' Of Superstition.' Its leading idea is stated in the commencement : — It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...Plutarch saith well to that purpose: 'Surely,' saith, he, ' [ had rather a great deal men should say there was no such man at all as Plutarch , than that they... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...parts — the receiving from Him, the conforming to Him, and the reposing and trusting in Him. Burton» It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...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. Bacon. OODLÏNESS—... | |
 | James Gurnhill - Bible - 1862 - 256 pages
...called a comparison of impersonals. Example 3. Where the relative of THAN, relates to an adverb : " It were better to have no opinion of God at all, THAN such an opinion as is unworthy of Him." Bacon's Essays. Of Superstition. Here the advantages, or disadvantages, of entertaining certain opinions... | |
 | James Gurnhill - Bible - 1862 - 248 pages
...called a comparison of impersonals. Example 3. Where the relative of THAN, relates to an adverb : " It were better to have no opinion of God at all, THAN such an opinion as is unworthy of Him." £acon's Essays. Of Superstition. Here the advantages, or' disadvantages, of entertaining certain opinions... | |
 | James Gurnhill - 1862 - 250 pages
...called a comparison of impersonals. Example, 3. Where the relative of THAN, relates to an adverb : " It were better to have no opinion of God at all, THAN such an opinion as is unworthy of Him." Bacon's Essays. Of Superstition. Here the advantages, or disadvantages, of entertaining certain opinions... | |
 | James Gurnhill - 1862 - 248 pages
...called a comparison of impersonals. Example 3. Where the relative of THAN, relates to an adverb : " It were better to have no opinion of God at all, THAN such an opinion as is unworthy of Sim." Bacon's Essays. Of Superstition. Here the advantages, or disadvantages, of entertaining certain... | |
 | Sir Willoughby Jones - Free thought - 1863 - 264 pages
...in which we are about to be engaged, we do well to commence by repeating the saying of Bacon, ' that it were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely.' This reflection should be in the mind of everyone who writes or speaks on the evidences or analogy... | |
 | William Benton Clulow - 1863 - 414 pages
...of which, by the way, he presents the same relative estimate as Plutarch — after affirming that " it were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him," observes, " Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation... | |
 | Wise sayings - Maxims - 1864 - 394 pages
...this world than a stableyard on a rainy day. Braeebridge Hall. — WASHINGTON IRVING. SUPERSTITION. It were better to have no opinion of God at all than...certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Essay on Superstition. — LORD BACON. SURFEIT. Surfeits destroy more than the sword. Women Pleased,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...rules and governs all things, that we have surpassed all nations and peoples.] XVII. OF SUPERSTITION.1 IT were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy2 of him. For the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the... | |
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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: 
