A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand they do less easily move against him believing that he has the gods on his side.
The virtue of justice consists in moderation as regulated by wisdom.
Excellence then is a state concerned with choice lying in a mean relative...
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not is a question that may...
For one swallow does not make a summer nor does one day and so too one day...
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right...
A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...
Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of...
Religion is no more the parent of morality than an incubator is the mother of...
Religion is the idol of the mob it adores everything it does not understand.
When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink and...
I think I'm fascinated by the power of religion in our culture. Like a lot of...
The advent of a new religion making serious and impressive claims to embody...
I've been a little bit obsessed with religion without being a religious...
I have a strong belief in God... I find religion to be a very personal...
They become the keepers of the mystery. They place themselves between the...