 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
There was, of course, the Bible, but on some subjects the Bible was silent and on others it spoke with a divided voice. Was it lawful to lend money at interest? No answer was to be found in the Scriptures. Should a childless widow marry her deceased husband’s brother? Leviticus says no, Deuteronomy says yes (Lev. xx, 21 ; Deut. xxv, 5).
Source: Bertrand Russell: Human Society in Ethics and Politics, (1954), chapter 1
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