REL 0863 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lactantius, Theodicy, Edward Burnett Tylor
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Religere or religare: cicero (d. 43 bce) - relegere - to reread, to read deeply, latin root of lecture , lactantius (d. 320 ce) - relegare - to relink, to tie tightly, related to the notion to rely . Meanwhile in china : no word for religion until 18th century, houses, teachings, ways. Jalal al-din rumi (1207-1273: religion is one", the lights are different, but the light is the dame: it comes from beyond. If thou keep looking for the lamp, thou art lost: for thence arises the appearance of number and plurality. Fix they gaze upon the light, and thou art delivered from the dualism inherent in the nite bodythe faithful are many, but their faith is one; their bodies are numerous, but their soul is one. Karl marx (1818 -1833: religion made by man, religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.
