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Charles de Brosses

French scholar

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explanation of Greek polytheism

  • Charles Sprague Pearce: Religion
    In study of religion: The late 17th and 18th centuries

    The French scholar and politician Charles de Brosses (1709–77) attempted to explain Greek polytheism partly through the fetishism (belief in the magical powers of certain objects) found in West Africa. This approach was pioneering in its comparison of Greek myths with “primitive” ones. The French Abbé Bergier (1718–90) explained primitive…

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