...his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: 'The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosophers as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful' (Ch. 2). This, above all,...

...Fall of the Roman Empire, \. 1, pp. 25-26: "The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally...false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful." Note that philosophers and magistrates generally came from the same class. tyrdom was no part of the...

...the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally...only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1788) 1974: Vol. 1, chap 2, 31. 2 It was scarcely possible...

...and Fall of the Roman Empire. Gibbon said: The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally...equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. We may now call magistrates "politicians," but some things don't change much! Similarly, we can find...

...the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosophers, as equally false; and by the magistrates, as equally useful. And thus toleration produced...

...fatal irony, attributes to the Romans? 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 use3. For the view that by the end...

...writes thus of pre-Christian Roman religion: The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally...produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.6" Philosophy is unashamedly elitist, in the sense that only those with learning and taste...

...religion was said to have had in antiquity: 'The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally...equally false, and by the magistrate, as equally useful" (Edward Gibbon, The History 0f the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 35). 6 European travelers...

...Roman Empire, said in a famous sentence, 'The various modes of religion which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally...equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.' But this centurion was no administrative cynic; he was a sincerely religious man. (4) He had an extremely...

...Thakali faction by another. Ritual Landscapes The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people as equally...equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful. — Edward Gibbon In a scheme, we possess only the limits of the object, the outline which encloses...