 | Bholanauth Chunder - 1869
...who raised the earth on his tusks from the bottom of the ocean. ' It were better to have no notion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him'—than blaspheming him as a fish, a pig, and a tortoise. In Allahabad they show the sacred asrama... | |
 | 1870
...Bacon has the following just observations on this subject : " It is botter to have no opinion of (rod at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him...Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : 'Surely, I had a great deal rather men should say there was no such man as Plutarch, than that they woidd say... | |
 | Hugh Black - 1920 - 224 σελίδες
...revaluation has to cover the whole ground of religion from the doctrine of God itself ; for as Bacon said, " It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him." It must deal also with the organization of religion, and ask such a question as this, whether we can... | |
 | William Stephen Rainsford - 1922 - 481 σελίδες
...your life altogether. Lord Bacon said, long ago: "It were better to have no opinion at all of God, than such an opinion as is unworthy of Him. For the one may be unbelief, but the other is contumely." That is unanswerable. I can never be thankful enough... | |
 | Ian Ferguson - 1925 - 218 σελίδες
...by even the most moderate spiritual hypothesis. " It were better," wrote Bacon in one of his essays, "to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion...certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity." 1 J. Arthur Hill, Spiritualism, its History, Phenomena, and Doctrine. Once again the whole basis for... | |
 | 1909
...rules and governs all things, that we have surpassed all nations and peoples], XVII OF SUPERSTITION 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 should... | |
 | William Blake - 1966 - 944 σελίδες
...itself above human frailty. An Atheist pretending to talk against Atheism ! Page 79. Of superstition. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him. Is this true ? is it better ? Page So. as the contumely is greater towards God, so the danger is greater... | |
 | Joseph C. McLelland, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion - 1988 - 366 σελίδες
...that which in trouble and adversity seems a necessity. The companion essay, Of Superstition, begins, "It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him." For atheism may promote morality and the peace of society, but superstition brings confusion as to proper... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 216 σελίδες
...perspeximus, omnes gentes nationesque superavimus* 17. OF SUPERSTITION It were better to have no opinion7 of God at all, than such an opinion as is unworthy of him. For the one is unbelief, the other is contumely:8 and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity.* Plutarch* saith well to that... | |
 | Michael Caputo - 2000 - 240 σελίδες
...beasts in his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature. It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than...certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. IT IS TRUE, THAT A LITTLE PHILOSOPHY INCLINETH MAN'S MIND TO ATHEISM; BUT DEPTH IN PHILOSOPHY BRINGS... | |
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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: 
