 | 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... | |
 | Robert Wesson, Robert G. Wesson, Patricia A. Williams - Ethics, Evolutionary - 1995 - 268 pages
...tranquility. According to Gibbon, for example: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the ancient world were all considered by the people as equally...true; by the philosophers as equally false; and by the magistrates as equally useful" (quoted in Harrington 1983, p. 26). Or according to Napoleon, on the... | |
 | Peter Gay - History - 1996 - 756 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 magistrates as equally useful."8 It seemed an interesting... | |
 | Martin E. Marty - History - 1986 - 572 pages
...which the great historian Edward Gibbon had seen in the age of the Antonines in Rome. Gibbon wrote: "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. And thus toleration produced... | |
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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. 
