“There is no culture without a tomb and no tomb without a culture; in the end the tomb is the first and only cultural symbol. The above-ground tomb does not have to be invented. It is the pile of stones in which the victim of the unanimous stoning is buried. It is the first pyramid.” ReligionViolenceSacrificeScapegoating Book:Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World Source: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World
“The goal of religious thinking is exactly the same as that of technological research -- namely, practical action. Whenever man is truly concerned with obtaining concrete results, whenever he is hard pressed by reality, he abandons abstract speculation and reverts to a mode of response that becomes increasingly cautious and conservative as the forces he hopes to subdue, or at least to outrun, draw ever nearer.” ReligionTechnologyDoctrinePragmatism Book:Violence and the Sacred Source: Violence and the Sacred
“We didn't stop burning witches because we invented science; we invented science because we stopped burning witches.” PhilosophyReligionEnlightenmentScapegoatsRene Girard Author:René Girard