...habit to cast bis epigrams into the form of triplets ; as in the familiar instance where he says that " the various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered as equally trii«, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful" (i....

...prosperity of their country in a great measure depended. (7) Mr. Gibbon's account is as follows :— "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." From which of these three classes could the Christian missionaries look for protection or impunity...

...and this might be paraphrased by saying that "the various political groups which prevailed in Canada were all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher as equally false and by the Church as equally useful." Students of cultural development in Canada have failed to realize the extent...

...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,...

...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...toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." In that climate, Boorstin noted, "religion is of enormous importance," while "theology...

...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...true, by the philosopher as equally false, and by the magistrates as equally useful."8 It seemed an interesting policy and, some of the philosophes thought,...

...the different modes of worship prevailing in the Roman world during the age of the Antonines: they "were all considered by the people as equally true;...as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful."4 In the eyes of most contemporary Christian theologians, to make morality dependent upon the...

...resistance to the only faithful and rational account of the matter, so elegantly given us by Gibbon. t *•' The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...Roman world, were all considered, by the people, as equal iy true, — by the philosopher, as equally false, — and b\ the magistrate, as equally useful....

...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...toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition of the people was not embittered by any mixture of theological...

...manina. Your tiny hand is frozen. GIBBON Edward 1737-1794 390 1 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ' a religious concord. 3902 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The principles of a free constitution...