The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. The Quarterly Review - 24 ページ1840全文表示 - この書籍について
| George Smith Drew - 1871 - 484 ページ
...the various modes of worship which prevailed in the Boman world were all considered by the people ai equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful," — describes the policy of the Romnns from the beginning of their conquests. — Comp. Giesclcr, Ecc.... | |
| 1871 - 550 ページ
...subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the heathen world, were all considered by tho people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by not to fall below them. This, indeed, was only to be expected by those who know that Christianity was... | |
| 1871 - 654 ページ
..."The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people ics equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate us equally useful." No religion had in it absolute truth, each was the result of national convenience... | |
| Young men's Catholic assoc - 1873 - 302 ページ
...wellknown sentence, "the various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true ; by the philosopher...equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration," he says, " produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord."... | |
| John Burley Waring - 1873 - 466 ページ
...Describing the state of Home under the Emperors, observes that " all forms of religion were considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." This is likewise the fundamental error of what are called educated and enlightened people and philosophers.... | |
| Andrew Goldie Wood - 1873 - 44 ページ
...climax of her toleration. " All religions," says Gibbon, speaking of the Augustan age, " were regarded by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." It was the idea of the Jus Gentium coming out again in a slightly different subject. Wide experience... | |
| 1876 - 422 ページ
...of other nations and other times. He says of the various modes of worship, that all were considered "by the people as equally true; by the philosopher,...false ; and by the magistrate, as equally useful." Chap. 2, Dec. and Fall. For if a church be merely a social arrangement, as on the acknowledged basis... | |
| James Culross - 1878 - 282 ページ
...Gibbon puts it: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate as • The passage is this ( Tac. Annal., xv. 44) : " To get rid of the report [that the firing of Rome... | |
| Theodor Goldstücker - 1879 - 306 ページ
...when saying, " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Eoman world were all considered by the people as equally true ; by the philosopher...false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful." The Mahabharata is therefore the source of all the Puranas, the Parana emphatically so called, and... | |
| Theodor Goldstuecker - 1879 - 614 ページ
...when saying, " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true ; by the philosopher...false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful." The Mahabharata is therefore the source of all the Puranas, th« Purana emphatically so called, and... | |
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