The Open court . mimimimimr. Thanatos and Hypnos Laying a Warrior to an Attic vase. (After Hermann Goll.) lution of the problem of death. Every religion proposes its ownpeculiar solution than which there is nothing more characteristic inits doctrines and moral teachings. Salvation means an escape fromdeath and the attainment of life everlasting. If we want to com-prehend the spirit of a religion, we must learn what, according toits teachings, is the significance of death. DEATH IN RELIGIOUS ART. 679 Death in Pre-Christian Art. Demonolatry, the religion of savages, is based on the fea
The Open court . mimimimimr. Thanatos and Hypnos Laying a Warrior to an Attic vase. (After Hermann Goll.) lution of the problem of death. Every religion proposes its ownpeculiar solution than which there is nothing more characteristic inits doctrines and moral teachings. Salvation means an escape fromdeath and the attainment of life everlasting. If we want to com-prehend the spirit of a religion, we must learn what, according toits teachings, is the significance of death. DEATH IN RELIGIOUS ART. 679 Death in Pre-Christian Art. Demonolatry, the religion of savages, is based on the fear ofdeath. Death is supposed to be a monster-deity that is thirsty forblood and takes delight in sufferings. For the sake of escaping
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