If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed. The Irish Monthly - 第 34 頁1876完整檢視 - 關於此書
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 頁
...the ig- CHAP, norance of a fanatic. " If these writings of the Greeks agree LI" with the book of God, they are useless and need not be " preserved : if they disagree, they are peruicious and ought " to be destroyed. " The sentence was executed with blind obedience : the volumes... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 526 頁
...inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic. " If these writings of the " Greeks agree with the book of God, they are " useless and need not be preserved ; if...they " disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be F f 4 " destroyed." . * Many treatises of this lover of labour (BOTTOM?) are still extant ; but for... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 280 頁
...celebrated Library, is well known. " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran, or book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." They were accordingly distributed among the 4000 baths of the city, and six months were barely sufficient... | |
| Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1814 - 454 頁
...fanatic. " If" (replied he) " these writings of the Greeks agree with " the Koran, or Book of God, they are useless " and need not be preserved; if they disagree, " they are pernicious and ought to be de" stroyed." — The sentence of destruction was executed with blind obedience : the volumes of paper... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 488 頁
...these writings u " of the Greeks agree with the hook of God, they are ^^^^^ et useless and need not he preserved : if they disagree, " they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." The sentence was executed with blind ohedience : the volumes of paper or parchment were distributed... | |
| David Ramsay - 1819 - 386 頁
...caliph. To this request, Omar answered, "if these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." This sentence was executed with blind obedience; the volumes of paper or parchment were distributed... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 540 頁
...inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic. " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless and need not be preserved : if they...disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed." The sentence was executed with blind obedience: the volumes of paper or parchment were distributed... | |
| Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 512 頁
...after the taking of the city, by the order of the caliph Omar, who said, with regard to the library ; " if these writings of the Greeks agree with the Koran,...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." Alexandria is divided into old and new town. The latter extends along the coast, and is the centre... | |
| William Rae Wilson - 1824 - 506 頁
...consideration of the Caliph. " If these books," observed Omer, in his answer, " agree with the book of God, (Koran,) they are useless, and need not be preserved...disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." They were destroyed accordingly, and many are disposed to believe that a great mass of human presumption... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 頁
...inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic: "If these writings of " the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are " useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, " they are pei'nicious, and ought to be destroyed." The sentence was executed with blind obedience: the volumes... | |
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