[Vocabulary] so much the greater is the triumph of faith in nevertheless believing

[kissminded]

Hi, everyone,

Please help me, I can't take the meaning of "so much the greater is the triumph of faith in nevertheless believing"

It comes from google books ,History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition.
Thanks a lot in advance.

 

[emsr2d2]

Is that the entire sentence? If not, please post the whole thing. At the moment, it makes no sense to me.

 

[kissminded]

Is that the entire sentence? If not, please post the whole thing. At the moment, it makes no sense to me.

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"This doctrine had been preached by certain Averroists in the thirteenth century, but had been condemned by the Church. The "triumph of faith" was, for the orthodox, a dangerous device. Bayle, in the late seventeenth century, made ironical use of it, setting forth at great length all that reason could say against some orthodox belief, and then concluding "so much the greater is the triumph of faith in nevertheless believing." How far Bacon's orthodoxy was sincere it is impossible to know."

 

[bhaisahab]

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"This doctrine had been preached by certain Averroists in the thirteenth century, but had been condemned by the Church. The "triumph of faith" was, for the orthodox, a dangerous device. Bayle, in the late seventeenth century, made ironical use of it, setting forth at great length all that reason could say against some orthodox belief, and then concluding "so much the greater is the triumph of faith in nevertheless believing." How far Bacon's orthodoxy was sincere it is impossible to know."

Do you understand the rest of the passage?

 

[kissminded]

Do you understand the rest of the passage?

Yes, I think so.
Well some problem is there of course,I don't know anything about "triumph of faith" but looking.

 

[kissminded]

Any suggestion?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Any suggestion?

What that phrase is trying to say is that it it easy to believe something when you have the facts: you can see it, hear it, taste it, feel it, etc. When you have no facts and still believe something, it requires faith. Some would call that the triumph of faith. Others would call that gullibility. Belief in God is probably the best example.