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Religions of Primitive Peoples

Note 283 — LECTURE VI. The Lines of Development of Primitive Religions.

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It is in this sense that Wilhelm von Humboldt wrote: “Wahre Tugend ist unverträglich mit auf Autorität geglaubter Religion.” (Gesammelte Werke, Bd. vii., p. 72.) This is a cardinal principle in studying the history of ethics.

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