Man simply cannot live as the time-animal and the art-animal that he is, without history.

Man simply cannot live as the time-animal and the art-animal that he is, without history.

Only if you have some knowledge of the human sacrifices, the vicious temple rites, the degrading superstitions and customs that were practiced . . . can you realize how much the modern world owes to the Hebrew prophets, whose monotheism and moral teachings entered into Christianity and Islam.