Friday, January 14, 2022
Rejection of Gods, Fatherland, and Kin
Tacitus, Histories 5.5.2 (tr. Kenneth Wellesley):
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Converts to Judaism adopt the same practices, and the very first lesson they learn is to despise the gods, shed all feelings of patriotism and consider parents, children and brothers as readily expendable.Cf. the passages quoted in Battle Cry.
transgressi in morem eorum idem usurpant, nec quicquam prius imbuuntur quam contemnere deos, exuere patriam, parentes liberos fratres vilia habere.
