Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: February 22, 1788 - September 21, 1860
Birthday: February 22
Death: September 21
Monotheistic religions alone furnish the spectacle of religious wars, religious persecutions, heretical tribunals, that breaking of idols and destruction of images of the gods, that razing of Indian temples and Egyptian colossi, which had looked on the sun 3,000 years: just because a jealous god had said, Thou shalt make no graven image.
topic: Religious, War, Jealous, Religious Persecution, Religious Wars, Tribunals