William Robertson Smith - Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he ...

William Robertson Smith Zitate

Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to his fellow-men; and his religion... was simply one side of the general scheme of conduct prescribed for him by his position as a member of society.

William Robertson Smith

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So wurde ein Mann in einer festen Beziehung zu bestimmten Göttern geboren, genauso wie er in einer Beziehung zu seinen Mitmenschen geboren wurde; und seine Religion ... war einfach eine Seite des allgemeinen Verhaltensplans, den ihm seine Position als Mitglied der Gesellschaft vorschrieb.

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