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  1. Frazer's account of the magical and religious views of mankind is unsatisfactory; it makes these views look like errors. (p. 119)
  2. A religious symbol does not rest on any opinion. And error belongs only with opinion. One would like to say: This is what took place here; …
  3. To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth. (p. 119)
  4. Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved... it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. (…
  5. Ambition is the death of thought. (p. 77e)
  6. The ceremonial (hot or cold) as opposed to the haphazard (lukewarm) characterizes piety. (p. 127)
  7. Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness. (p. 76e)
  8. His explanations of primitive practices are much cruder than the meaning of these practices themselves. (p. 131)

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