Early-christianity Quote by Edward Gibbon

“The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as…

— Edward Gibbon

The policy of the emperors and the senate, as far as it concerned religion, was happily seconded by the reflections of the enlightened, and…

— Edward Gibbon

“It seemed to me that in this confluence of cultures we had acquired one another's superstitions without necessarily any of their comforts.”

— Yangsze Choo

“...when all the bullshit about rational, divinely inspired social order is put to one side, Roman law was all about defining and protecting property…

— Peter Heather

“That not adhering to those notions Reason dictates (concerning the nature of God), has been the occasion of all superstition, and those innumerable mischiefs…

— Matthew Tindal

“Superstitions are primal in nature and because they feed on instinct, having nothing but disdain for reason, they are often swift and unexpected messengers…

— Mansoor Nazeer

In its Roman-era setting, for example, Christianity was so different that critics of the time referred to it as a "superstition" (meaning a bogus…

— Larry Hurtado

The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.

— Baron de Montesquieu

“Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she…

— Tom Holland

“Every Roman was surrounded by slaves. The slave and his psychology flooded ancient Italy, and every Roman became inwardly, and of course unwittingly, a…

— C.G. Jung

“The Romans were not wiped out by the invasions of the barbarians, nor by the Christian virus, but by a more subtle evil, boredom.”

— Emil Cioran

The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable.

— Doris Lessing