The Distinctive Messages of the Old Religions
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In incorporating the gods of Greece, he was mainly influenced by the fact that the gods of Greece were no transcendental product. He was attracted by their earthliness. He was impelled to receive them, because he saw that they did not set up a high standard, did not profess to represent perfection. He perceived that their worship would not lift the national mind out of its nationality, would not draw it away from the contemplation of mundane things, specially from the contemplation of imperial ...inter- ests. Himself of an unpoetic nature, and more prone to reverence the strong than the beautiful, he was willing to recognise these forms of sesthetic beauty, provided they would consent to favour the growth of his power.
But here there arises a third aspect of the Eoman religion, and one in which it differs essentially from cither of the two foregoing. I have said tliat tlie main end of Eoman morality was the service of the empire. In this service, however, there was de- manded, when occasion required, a readiness for the sacrifice of life which can nowhere else be found out of India.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In incorporating the gods of Greece, he was mainly influenced by the fact that the gods of Greece were no transcendental product. He was attracted by their earthliness. He was impelled to receive them, because he saw that they did not set up a high standard, did not profess to represent perfection. He perceived that their worship would not lift the national mind out of its nationality, would not draw it away from the contemplation of mundane things, specially from the contemplation of imperial ...inter- ests. Himself of an unpoetic nature, and more prone to reverence the strong than the beautiful, he was willing to recognise these forms of sesthetic beauty, provided they would consent to favour the growth of his power.
But here there arises a third aspect of the Eoman religion, and one in which it differs essentially from cither of the two foregoing. I have said tliat tlie main end of Eoman morality was the service of the empire. In this service, however, there was de- manded, when occasion required, a readiness for the sacrifice of life which can nowhere else be found out of India.
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