 | Theodor Goldstücker - Hinduism - 1879 - 306 pages
...Antonines, which Gibbon describes 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 as equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful." The Mahabharata is therefore... | |
 | Theophilus Dwight Hall - 1880 - 228 pages
...timid, of all the Emperors, the far greater part of the island submitted to the Roman yoke." [2.] " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...considered by the people as equally true ; by the philosopher as equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful." [3.] " The deities of a thousand... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - Gods, Roman - 1880 - 312 pages
...philosophers), political (of statesmen) — a division which we may compare with Gibbon's language ' the various modes of worship which prevailed in the...all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful ' — he goes on to say of the... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English literature - 1880 - 182 pages
...His attitude is suggested indirectly by his general estimate of the religions of the Roman Empire : * The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful.' If he was an infidel, he was... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...historian : Gibbon had insidiously, though too unequivocally, evinced his adoption of infidel principles. ' The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all,' he remarks, 'considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by... | |
 | Theology - 1882 - 820 pages
...ourselves or others. Such a condition of things reminds us of Gibbon's account of the Paganism of Rome : " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." But upon what evidence is this... | |
 | Laurence Lampert - Philosophy - 1993 - 500 pages
...against it. Modern society cannot recapture what Gibbon saw as characteristic of Roman society where "the various modes of worship, which prevailed in...considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful."3 It is precisely our share... | |
 | Richard Vetterli, Gary C. Bryner - Business & Economics - 1996 - 294 pages
...religion a part in keeping the masses docile. Philosophers were often willing actors in this charade. "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful."7 The Roman state, adds Durant,... | |
 | Isabel Vilares Cepeda - Civilization, Medieval, in literature - 1995 - 1550 pages
...the reflections of the enlightened, and by the habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.1 The Roman rulers have often... | |
 | Harold Adams Innis - Business & Economics - 1995 - 570 pages
...English-speaking provinces with control over the activities of the state. Gibbon wrote that "the various methods 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," and this might be paraphrased... | |
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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. 
