That the system of morals propounded in the New Testament contained no maxim which had not been previously … - Henry Thomas Buckle

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Henry Thomas Buckle

That the system of morals propounded in the New Testament contained no maxim which had not been previously enunciated, and that some of the most beautiful passages in the apostolic writings are quotations from Pagan authors, is well known to every scholar. . . To assert that Christianity communicated to man moral truths previously unknown, argues on the part of the asserted either gross ignorance or wilful fraud.

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