“ Petronius was surely right in saying Fear made the gods. In primitive times fear of the unknown was normal; gratitude to an unknown was impossible.” — J. M. Robertson Copy Share Image
“ Petronius was surely right in saying Fear made the gods. In primitive times fear of the unknown was normal; gratitude to an unknown… — J. M. Robertson Copy Share Image
“It was about that time [415 BCE] that the poet Diagoras of Melos was proscribed for atheism, he having declared that the non-punishment of a certain act of iniquity proved that there were no gods. It has been surmised, with some reason, that the iniquity in question was the slaughter of the Melians by the Athenians in 416 BCE, and… — J. M. Robertson Copy Share
