“The modern person seems generally unable to imagine how large a significance those components of our consciousness rooted in religious beliefs have actually had upon culture, national character, and the organization of life.”
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<div>Peter Baehr, whose source I link to above, translates this passage: <span style="background-color: initial; font-size: 0.875rem;">"Modern man, on the whole, is rarely able, with the best will in the world, to imagine just how significant has been the influence of religious consciousness on conduct of life, “culture,” and “national character.”</span></div>
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