Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1907 - 608 pages |
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Page xviii
... earth . Mythology also , though it is no longer looked upon as the work of inspired sages or astute priests , has lost none of its interest . Nay , it holds a higher rank , since it has been recognised as a well - meant though ...
... earth . Mythology also , though it is no longer looked upon as the work of inspired sages or astute priests , has lost none of its interest . Nay , it holds a higher rank , since it has been recognised as a well - meant though ...
Page xxiv
... earth as it was before , in order that the enduring blocks and materials thereof may be employed in new combinations ; and I give my soul to God , in Whom and with Whom it always was , to be in Him and with Him for ever in closer and ...
... earth as it was before , in order that the enduring blocks and materials thereof may be employed in new combinations ; and I give my soul to God , in Whom and with Whom it always was , to be in Him and with Him for ever in closer and ...
Page xxxii
... Earth.- Clouds , stars , moon , sun , sky . - Demi - gods and great gods . - The infinite in man as an object . - The something behind man.— The infinite behind man . — Religious ideas springing from it.— Animism . - Seelencult ...
... Earth.- Clouds , stars , moon , sun , sky . - Demi - gods and great gods . - The infinite in man as an object . - The something behind man.— The infinite behind man . — Religious ideas springing from it.— Animism . - Seelencult ...
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... earth than in the small miracles ascribed to him by many of his followers . Some of his lectures and manuscript notes are still in existence , and may possibly some day be published1 , and throw light on the gradual development of his ...
... earth than in the small miracles ascribed to him by many of his followers . Some of his lectures and manuscript notes are still in existence , and may possibly some day be published1 , and throw light on the gradual development of his ...
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... Trust- deed and latter Will and Testament , that is to say , I give my body to the earth as it was before , in order that the enduring blocks and materials thereof may be employed in new combinations ; and I give my 4 LECTURE I.
... Trust- deed and latter Will and Testament , that is to say , I give my body to the earth as it was before , in order that the enduring blocks and materials thereof may be employed in new combinations ; and I give my 4 LECTURE I.
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