...docile. Philosophers were often willing actors in this charade. "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by...as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful."7 The Roman state, adds Durant, "seduously exploited the piety of the people to promote the...

...and by the habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by...as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.1 The Roman rulers have often been praised for their tolerance toward various religions; indifference...

...single-minded. As Edward Gibbon observed about the modes of worship prevalent in the Roman world, they were 'considered by the people as equally true, by the...equally false and by the magistrate as equally useful'. Mother Teresa descends from each element in this grisly triptych. She has herself purposely blurred...

...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,...

...Gibbon had seen in the age of the Antonines in Rome. Gibbon wrote: "The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by...equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." In that climate,...

...and by the habits of the superstitious, part of their subjects. The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by...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...

...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....

...Edward 1737-1794 390 1 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The various modes of worship, which 1770-1827 2059 Give me the avowed, the erect, and And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. 3902 The Decline...