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29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 1. Animism

22731	It is mad to think that what is useful to us, like lakes and rivers, are gods [Sext.Empiricus]
	Full Idea: To suppose that lakes and rivers, and whatsoever else is of a nature to be useful to us, are gods surpasses the height of lunacy.
	From: Sextus Empiricus (Against the Physicists (two books) [c.180], I.040)
	A reaction: He also points out the what is useful to us decays and changes. Sextus lived in a time when monotheism was becoming dominant.