Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Herodotus, Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas S. Kuhn

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29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

16714	The state should kill blasphemous heretics [Erasmus]
	Full Idea: It is necessary for the preservation of the state to kill heretics that are blasphemous and seditious.
	From: Desiderius Erasmus (works [1506]), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 20.2
	A reaction: He was much more tolerant of heretics who kept quiet.

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

1513	The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus]
	Full Idea: The Egyptians were the first to claim that the soul of a human being is immortal, and that each time the body dies the soul enters another creature just as it is being born.
	From: Herodotus (The Histories [c.435 BCE], 2.123.2)