“This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis... only of that force of precedent which in all times has been so strong to keep alive religious forms of which the original meaning is lost.Quote by William Robertson SmithTopics: Quotes about William Robertson SmithShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had...#William Robertson Smith
In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with...#William Robertson Smith
The myths connected with individual sanctuaries and ceremonies were merely part of the apparatus of...#William Robertson Smith
Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas,...#William Robertson Smith
We are so accustomed to think of religion as a thing between individual men and...#William Robertson Smith
In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred...#William Robertson Smith
The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first...#William Robertson Smith
This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that...#William Robertson Smith
