How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
He was felling very grand, the place inspired him, and he sat down and gave me a sort of talk—pretty amazing!—about Paris and how nothing like it existed, the capital of the hope that Man could be free without the help of gods, clear of mind, civilized, wise, pleasant, and all of that. (26.55)
Notice that Augie, while describing the lesson from Frazer, capitalizes "Man" while keeping "gods" in the lower case. This highlights how Frazer sees humanity as above the divine. His is a philosophy that goes back at least as far as the French Revolution. No surprise that he conveys this idea to Augie while they are both in Paris.