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29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 2. Greek Polytheism

15659	Purifying yourself with blood is as crazy as using mud to wash off mud [Heraclitus]
	Full Idea: They purify themselves by staining themselves with other blood, as if one were to step into mud to wash off mud. But a man would be thought mad if any of his fellow-men should perceive him acting thus.
	From: Heraclitus (fragments/reports [c.500 BCE], B005), quoted by Origen - Against Celsus 7.62

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief

1501	In their ignorance people pray to statues, which is like talking to a house [Heraclitus]
	Full Idea: In their ignorance of the true nature of gods and heroes people pray to these statues, which is like someone holding a conversation with a house.
	From: Heraclitus (fragments/reports [c.500 BCE], B005), quoted by Anon (Pyth) - Theosophia Tubigensis 68