Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, by Francesco Hayez. This imaginative depiction centers on the Altar of Burnt Offerings.[/caption]“ We see the religion of the Jews occupy the lowest place among the dogmas of the civilized world, which is wholly in keeping with the fact that it is also the only religion that has absolutely no doctrine of immortality, nor has it even any trace thereof […] The impression left on me after studying the LXX (Septuagint translation of Hebrew Bible) is one of cordial affection and deep veneration for the μέγας βασιλεὺς Ναβουχωδονόσορ (the great King Nebuchadnezzar), although he was somewhat too lenient with a people whose God gave or promised them their neighbours’ lands. They then obtained possession of these by murder and rapine, and there erected a temple to God. May every people, whose God makes neighbouring countries ‘land of promise’, find their Nebuchadnezzar in good time and their Antiochus Epiphanes as well, and may they be treated without any more ceremony! ’’
Arthur Schopenhauer, “Parerga and Paralipomena”
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