Manu Smriti and Christianity

Topic started by Dallas (@ ac825f03.ipt.aol.com) on Sun Jun 1 11:59:08 .
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

Which is better? Let us ask Freiderich Nietzsche - the best ever Western (German) Philosopher of the 19th Century.

"Christianity's [purposes are]...bad ends; the poisoning , slandering, denying of life, contempt for the body, the denigration and self violation of man through the concept of sin - consequently its means too are bad. It is with an opposite feeling that I read the Law-book of Manu, an incomparably spiritual and superior work, so much as to name which in the same breath as the Bible would be a sin against the spirit. One sees immediately that is has a real philosophy behind it, in it, not merely an ill-smelling Jewish acidity compounded of rabbinisim and superstition...All the things upon which Christianity vents its abysmal vulgarity, procreation, for example, woman, marriage, are here treated seriously, with reverance, with love and trust." - Freidrich Nietzsche, "The Antichrist", translation by R K Hollingdale, p 175


Responses:


  Tell your friend about this topic

Want to post a response?

Post a response:

Name:

E-mail:


Please Reload to see your response


Back to the Forum