Anthropological Religion

F. Max Müller

22 chapters · about 9 h

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LECTURE I. ON FKEEDOM OF EELIGIOCJS DISCUSSION".

ON FKEEDOM OF EELIGIOCJS DISCUSSION”.

Difficulty of lecturing1 on Religion without giving1 offence.

DO you think it is possible to lecture on religion, even on natural religion, without giving offence either on the right or on the left? And do you think that a man would be worth his salt who, in lecturing on religion, even on natural religion, were to look either right or left, instead of looking all facts, as they meet him, straight in the face, to see whether they are facts or not; and, if they are facts, to find out, if possible, what they mean, and what they are meant to teach us?

Religion, I know full well, differs from all other subjects. It appeals not only to our head, but to our heart. And as we do not like to hear those who are very near to our heart, those whom we love and revere’, criticised, or even compared, it is but natural that many people should object to a criticism of that religion which they love and revere, nay, even to a comparison of it with other religions.

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  • The half-title ("ANTHROPOLOGICAL RELIGION", "MAX MULLER") and the printer's signature "(3)" (3 blocks)
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