For the sentence about prayer, he may have meant, that those people might also consider using of modern medicine a form of playing god. Because prayer could hav

For the sentence about prayer, he may have meant, that those people might also consider using of modern medicine a form of playing god. Because prayer could have cured the illness. For the second line about Greeks, it's more about Spartans. See http://www.historywiz.com/didyouknow/spartanfamily.htm http://www.historywiz.com/didyouknow/spartanfamily.htm