“Plutarch is by temperament, and perhaps also by the decadent time in which he lived, unable to see the good side of the religion of fear, unable to realize that in it was implicit a real truth, the consciousness that all is not well with the world, that there is such a thing as evil. Tinged with Orphism as he was, he took it by tis gentle side and never realized that it was this religion of fear, of consciousness of evil and sin and the need of purification, of which Orphism took hold and which it transformed to new issues. The cheerful religion of 'tendance' had in it no seed of spiritual development; by Plutarch's time, though he failed to see this, it had done its work for civilization.”
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Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion
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Jane Ellen Harrison
Jane Ellen Harrison was a British biographer renowned for her biographies of famous individuals. Born on September 9, 1850, and passing away on April 15, 1928, Harrison's works delved into the personal and intellectual lives of her subjects, offering readers profound insights into their characters and achievements. more
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