 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Forms of morality based on tabu linger on into civilized communities to a greater extent than some people realize, Pythagoras forbade beans, and Empedocles thought it wicked to munch laurel leaves, Hindus shudder at the thought of eating beef; Mohammedans and orthodox Jews regard the flesh of the pig as unclean. St. Augustine, the missionary to Britain, wrote to Pope Gregory the Great to know whether married people might come to church if they had had intercourse the previous night, and the Pope ruled that they might only do so after a ceremonial washing.
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, (1954), chapter 1
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