Quotation by

Plutarch

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him for the one is only belief - the other contempt.

Plutarch

God

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Plutarch is saying that having a wrong or disrespectful idea about God is worse than having no idea at all because a wrong belief shows disrespect. If you have no opinion, you simply lack belief, but a bad opinion shows contempt for God’s true nature.

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