“We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes of Indian and Persian fables, mistaken imitation of Egyptian theories and customs, historical chronicles as dry as they are unreliable and miscellaneous poems, amatory, human and Jewish-national, which is rarely distinguished by beauties of the highest order but frequently by superfluity of expression, coarseness, bad taste, and genuine Oriental sensuality.”
Quote by Max Nordau
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Max Nordau
Max Nordau was an Austrian author and psychologist whose works spanned across literature, philosophy, and psychology. His most famous work, 'Decadence', deeply explored the concepts of cultural decline and artistic degeneration. more