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Ideas for Herodotus, Peter Koellner and Paul O'Grady

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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

4727	The chief problem for fideists is other fideists who hold contrary ideas [O'Grady]
	Full Idea: The chief problem for fideists is other fideists who hold contrary ideas.
	From: Paul O'Grady (Relativism [2002], Ch.4)
	A reaction: The other problem is trying to find grounds for sticking to the object of one's faith, rather than changing from time to time.

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)