"But if it not be true, the myth……" — William Robertson Smith
"But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches."
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William Robertson Smith
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18 Quotes by William Robertson Smith
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But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no…
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It is only in times of social dissolution, as in the last age of the small Semitic states, when men…
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This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis, but it satisfies the conditions of a legitimate hypothesis,…
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That the God-man died for his people, and that His death is their life, is an idea which was in…
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In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions…
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We are so accustomed to think of religion as a thing between individual men and God that we can hardly…
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Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a…
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The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity.
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Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all…
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In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people...…
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The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.
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The land of a god corresponds with the land of his worshipers.
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