Mircea Eliade Quotes - Page 2

• To believe that I could, at twenty-three, sacrifice history and culture for the Absolute was further proof that I had not understood India. My vocation was culture, not sainthood.

  Mircea Eliade

  Believe, Sacrifice, Twenties

  Mircea Eliade (1990). “Autobiography, Volume 1: 1907-1937, Journey East, Journey West”, p.200, University of Chicago Press

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• It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not only because of that preliminary embarrassing question: what is intended by myth? It is also because the answers given depend for the most part on the documents selected.

  Mircea Eliade

  Embarrassing Questions, Answers, Problem

  Mircea Eliade (2013). “The Quest: History and Meaning in Religion”, p.72, University of Chicago Press

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