"Fetishism" Quotes from Famous Books
... mental faculties which first led man to believe in unseen spiritual agencies, then in fetishism, polytheism, and ultimately in monotheism, would infallibly lead him, as long as his reasoning powers remained poorly developed, to various strange superstitions and customs. Many of these are terrible to think of—such as the sacrifice of human beings to a blood-loving god; the trial of innocent ...![](http://www.dictionaryone.com/rquot.gif) — The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin |