Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1907 - 608 pages |
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... acts . - Some acts conceived as passive . — Subjective acts predicated of other agents . Subjective acts predicated of objects . - Dynamic stage . -Animism . - Egypt . - Semitic names . - Finland . - Hidatsas in North America . - Growth ...
... acts . - Some acts conceived as passive . — Subjective acts predicated of other agents . Subjective acts predicated of objects . - Dynamic stage . -Animism . - Egypt . - Semitic names . - Finland . - Hidatsas in North America . - Growth ...
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... acts , of cult and ceremony . Thus Cicero distinctly explains religio by cultus deorum , and he declares 7 that the religion of the Romans is divided into sacra , 1 Liv . ii . 62 , ' Ut numine aliquo defensa castra oppugnare iterum ...
... acts , of cult and ceremony . Thus Cicero distinctly explains religio by cultus deorum , and he declares 7 that the religion of the Romans is divided into sacra , 1 Liv . ii . 62 , ' Ut numine aliquo defensa castra oppugnare iterum ...
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... Acts of the Apostles , xxvi . 5 , we read : ' I lived a Pharisee after the most straitest sect of our religion . ' Here religion , in the Vulgate , religio , corresponds to the Greek Opŋoкeía , which means outward worship of the gods ...
... Acts of the Apostles , xxvi . 5 , we read : ' I lived a Pharisee after the most straitest sect of our religion . ' Here religion , in the Vulgate , religio , corresponds to the Greek Opŋoкeía , which means outward worship of the gods ...
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... Acts , xxv . 19 , ' they had certain questions against him of their own supersti- tion , and of one Jesus , which was dead , whom Paul affirmed to be alive , ' we have in Greek decoidaiμovía , which really means the fear of the gods ...
... Acts , xxv . 19 , ' they had certain questions against him of their own supersti- tion , and of one Jesus , which was dead , whom Paul affirmed to be alive , ' we have in Greek decoidaiμovía , which really means the fear of the gods ...
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... acts are stimulated either by feeling or by knowledge , by Knowledge percepts or by concepts . A feeling of pain makes us act in one way , a feeling of pleasure in another . A mere perception of distance makes the crow fly direct , that ...
... acts are stimulated either by feeling or by knowledge , by Knowledge percepts or by concepts . A feeling of pain makes us act in one way , a feeling of pleasure in another . A mere perception of distance makes the crow fly direct , that ...
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