James G. Frazer Quote Explained: The scapegoat upon whom the sins of the people are periodically laid, may also be a human being.

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In point of fact magicians appear to have often developed into chiefs and kings.

Anthropologist

· Scotland

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I am a plain practical man, not one of your theorists and splitters of hairs and choppers of logic.

- James G. Frazer

Anthropologist

· Scotland

Hair
Logic

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The advance of knowledge is an infinite progression towards a goal that ever recedes.

- James G. Frazer

Anthropologist

· Scotland

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The consideration of human suffering is not one which enters into the calculations of primitive man.

- James G. Frazer

Anthropologist

· Scotland

Suffering

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This doctrine of transmigration or reincarnation of the soul is found among many tribes of savages

- James G. Frazer

Anthropologist

· Scotland

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Yet perhaps no sacrifice is wholly useless which proves there are men who prefer honour to life.

- James G. Frazer

Anthropologist

· Scotland

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The world cannot live at the level of its great men.

- James G. Frazer

Anthropologist

· Scotland

Levels

The scapegoat upon whom the sins of the people are periodically laid, may also be a human being.

The scapegoat upon whom the sins of the people are periodically laid, may also be a human being.

In point of fact magicians appear to have often developed into chiefs and kings.

I am a plain practical man, not one of your theorists and splitters of hairs and choppers of logic.

The advance of knowledge is an infinite progression towards a goal that ever recedes.

The consideration of human suffering is not one which enters into the calculations of primitive man.

This doctrine of transmigration or reincarnation of the soul is found among many tribes of savages

Yet perhaps no sacrifice is wholly useless which proves there are men who prefer honour to life.

The world cannot live at the level of its great men.

Great crimes come never singly; they are linked To sins that went before.

Im always suspicious of people who repent of other peoples sins.

We’re not punished for our sins, lad. We’re punished by them.

I’m accused of cleverness as if it were a sin. She is merely clever, they say.

I have a head for business and a body for sin. Unfortunately, the sin appears to be gluttony.

I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing.

You stopped looking for the truth…I’d guess that’s a sin we’ve all been guilty of.

Perhaps no sin so easily besets us as a sense of self-satisfied superiority to others.

The scapegoat upon whom the sins of the people are periodically laid, may also be a human being.

The scapegoat upon whom the sins of the people are periodically laid, may also be a human being.

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