As Yehezkel Kaufmann, one of the twentieth century's great scholars of the Hebrew Bible, explained in his magisterial book The Religion of Israel (1960), in mythological religion «the gods are subject by their nature to sexual needs. (firstthings.com)
Such stalwarts in the profession as former presidents Theda Skocpol of Harvard and Henry Brady of Berkeley pointed out the indignity of asking great scholars to stand in competitive elections and invoked the old conservative saw that «if it ain't broke don't fix it.» (firstthings.com)
Many great scholars, scientists, and educators have notoriously lacked the civic virtues by being resident aliens, cosmopolitans, or epicureans. (educationnext.org)