 | H. A. Drake - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 636 pages
...intransigence. He set the tone early, remarking during a survey of conditions in the second century that "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." Later, he applied this premise... | |
 | José Manuel Bermudo Avila, Montse Lavado Fau - Social Science - 2002 - 590 pages
...by the reflections ofthe enlightened, and by the habits ofthe superstitious, part oftheir subjects. The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the...considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equallyfalse; and by the magistrate. as equally useful. And thus toleration produced... | |
 | Paul Ciholas - Christianity and other religions - 2003 - 532 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. And thus toleration produced... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - Enlightenment - 2003 - 496 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. And thus toleration produced... | |
 | James A. Arieti, Patrick A. Wilson - Philosophy - 2003 - 356 pages
...therefore no principled way of preferring one to another. Gibbon, referring to Roman religion, writes, "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."22 The impossibility of logically... | |
 | Michael Shermer - Psychology - 2003 - 372 pages
...Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon concluded his discussion of religion with this observation: "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." As we have seen, belief in... | |
 | Dr. Elinor Powell - 260 pages
...further suffering and injustices as a result. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS & THEIR RELATION TO THE STATE The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered... by the magistrate to be as equally useful. Edward Gibbon Religious institutions the world over have worked... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - History - 2003 - 494 pages
...the reflections of the enlightened, and hv the hahits of the superstitious, part of their suhjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered hy the people as equally true; hy the philosopher as equallv talse; and hy the magistrate as equallv... | |
 | Bernard Lewis - History - 2004 - 456 pages
...different from that of the pagan Roman Empire, so vividly described by Edward Gibbon when he remarked that "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." Islam was never prepared,... | |
 | Simon Blackburn - Philosophy - 2005 - 272 pages
...good at distinguishing weeds from flowers. Perhaps our situation is like that of Rome as described by Gibbon: 'The various modes of worship, which prevailed...considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.'1 But is it really the cranky,... | |
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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. 
