 | Phenix - 1835 - 312 pages
...preserve the royal Library, a treasure in his opinion inestimable, contemptible in that of the barbarians. The well-known answer of Omar was inspired by the ignorance of a devotee: " If," says he, " these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless,... | |
 | John William Cole - 1839 - 192 pages
...lieutenant Amrou, as to the disposal of the Alexandrian Library, replied in this enlightened dogma : " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God,* they 140 are useless and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be... | |
 | John William Cole - 1839 - 194 pages
...lieutenant Amrou, as to the disposal of the Alexandrian Library, replied in this enlightened dogma : " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God,* they 140 are useless and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be... | |
 | 1840 - 430 pages
...the decision of the Caliph Omar, to whom Amrou, the conqueror of the city, had referred the matter. " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God [the Koran], they are useless, and need not be preserved: if they disagree, they are pernicious, and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 550 pages
...conqueror. Amrou was inclined to gratify the wish of ¿e grammarian, but his rigid integrity refused to alienate the minutest object without the consent...of the caliph ; and the well-known answer of Omar vu inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic. " If these writings of the Greeks agi« with the book ot... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1843 - 462 pages
...superior, the khalif 'Omar, asking for instructions." The khalif's answer was thus conceived : " If the writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless and need not he preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." In compliance with... | |
 | James Ewing Cooley - 1843 - 668 pages
...three times : once by Cffisar, once by the Christians, and again by the order of Omar, who said, " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God (ie the Koran), they are useless, and need not be preserved : if they disagree, they are pernicious,... | |
 | Martin Ruter - 1845 - 458 pages
...which was due to the caliph. The request was therefore preferred to Omar, who replied with the spirit of a fanatic, " If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and deserve not to be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed." The... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1846 - 222 pages
...— the word of Us the Church. " If these writings" said the bigot Omar of the Alexandrian Library " 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:" and the four thousand... | |
 | John Gardner Wilkinson - 1847 - 528 pages
...refused to alienate the minutest object without the consent of the caliph ; and the answer of Omar, inspired by the ignorance of a fanatic, ' if these...with the Book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disai gree, they are pernicious and ought ; to be destroyed,'" doomed them to... | |
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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. 
