 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
 | American Unitarian Association - 1860 - 610 pages
...cruel, vindictive. " It were better," says Lord Bacon, "to have no opinion of God at all, than such.an opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief; the other, contumely. Plutarch says well,' Surely I had a great deal rather that men should say there was no such... | |
 | Charles Frederic Hudson - 1861 - 514 pages
...for ever ? i TM Post, New Englander, Feb. 1866, p. 181. 2 Goethe's Faust. CHAPTER II. EVIL AND GOD. "It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such nn opinion as is unworthy of Him." — BACON. § 1. NATURAL EVIL. BECAUSE all natural evil is transient,... | |
 | 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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... | |
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