The Delphic Oracle, Its Early History, Influence and Fall (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Delphic Oracle, Its Early History, Influence and FallParticularly interesting is the history of the in¿uence of the Oracle in the domain of morality. Here there was a gradual ethical evolution from the old-time barbarous code which could sanction human sacrifice, and which took account merely of external morality, to the stage which took cognizance of mere acts of the will.Having traced the in¿uence of the Oracle under these three heads - politics, religion and morality I have brie¿y indicated the causes which led to. The decline of the Oracle, and have endeavoured to show the stages in the waning of its in¿uence till its extinction in Christian times.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.