Let us see rather that like Janus — or better, like Yama, t… - Arthur Schopenhauer

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Let us see rather that like Janus — or better, like Yama, the Brahmin god of death — religion has two faces, one very friendly, one very gloomy...

Arthur Schopenhauer

Essays and Aphorisms · May 30, 1973 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher, most famous for his work The World as Will and Representation (1819).

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Let us see rather that like Janus — or better, like Yama, the Brahmin god of death — religion has two faces, one very friendly, one very gloomy... - Arthur Schopenhauer

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