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Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
www.religionandnature.comBoth Emile and The Social Contract were condemned in Paris and Geneva by religious and political authorities who viewed the books as subversive. Rousseau fled France and lived for a number of years at the mercy of bene-
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
www.religionandnature.comIndian, who has something to say about the gluttony of whites and remarks, “Use, but don’t waste.” There is one notable exception: in forceful remarks in Last of the Mohicans, Magua, a Wyandotte Huron lumped with Mohawks and other Iroquois as “Mingoes,” states passion-
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
www.religionandnature.comNaess finds the same doctrine of self-realization and unity of life expressed also in the philosophy of Spinoza. According to Spinoza’s philosophy, every living being
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
www.religionandnature.comstatic set of dogma and precise rituals, locked in a past that can only be duplicated. Rather, it is a dynamic belief system, respectful of and linked to past practices
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
www.religionandnature.comsneezing with the ancient and savage doctrine of pervading and invading spirits, considered as good or evil, and treated accordingly (1871: I, 104).
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
www.religionandnature.comshaping human societies and, furthermore, that religious values often operated below the level of conscious expres-sion yet had direct effects on human behavior.
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
www.religionandnature.comO Odinism Odinism refers to the modern reconstruction and revival of pre-Christian Germanic heathenism centered on the pantheon of ancient northern deities in which the god
Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature
www.religionandnature.commonotheisms that characterize radical environmentalism are thought to harbor environmentally friendly values and to promote behaviors that cohere with them.