Diversity of religion

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Religion; which by reason of the different fancies, judgments, and passions of several men, hath grown up into ceremonies so different, that those which are used by one man, are for the most part ridiculous to another.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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Diversity of religion Religion

Author

Thomas Hobbes

Source

Leviathan

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1651 1650s 17th century

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Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 1, ch. 12.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 1, ch. 12.

So many gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Topic

Diversity of religion Kindness

Author

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Source

The World's Need

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Wilcox, Ella. "The World's Need." Custer, and Other Poems. W. B. Conkey Company, 1896, I. 1.

In reality there are as many religions as there are individuals.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Diversity of religion Religion

Author

Mahatma Gandhi

Source

Hind Swaraj

Genre

Anti-colonial literature

Language

Gujarati

Time

1909 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. "Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule." Indian Opinion, 1909

Current Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. "Hind Swaraj." Gandhi: "Hind Swaraj" and Other Writings, edited by Anthony J. Parel. Cambridge University Press, 2009.