Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1907 - 608 pages |
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... meaning by language words that were made of roots expressive of general ideas . It is language , thus understood , as built up on roots and on general ideas , not on groans or sighs or grunts , that has hitherto placed , and will place ...
... meaning by language words that were made of roots expressive of general ideas . It is language , thus understood , as built up on roots and on general ideas , not on groans or sighs or grunts , that has hitherto placed , and will place ...
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... as thoroughly natural to man , has assumed a new meaning and a higher dignity when studied as an integral part of that historical evolution which has made man what he is , and what from the very first xviii PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS .
... as thoroughly natural to man , has assumed a new meaning and a higher dignity when studied as an integral part of that historical evolution which has made man what he is , and what from the very first xviii PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS .
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... Meaning of evolution . - Darwin admits a creator . - Herder , the precursor of Darwin . - Evolution in the beginning of our century . - Gottfried Hermann . - Kant on the Chimpanzee . Darwin . Oken . - Reaction . - Historical school ...
... Meaning of evolution . - Darwin admits a creator . - Herder , the precursor of Darwin . - Evolution in the beginning of our century . - Gottfried Hermann . - Kant on the Chimpanzee . Darwin . Oken . - Reaction . - Historical school ...
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... Meaning of mythology . - Etymology of μûlos . — Myth , a word . - Eos . - Mythology universal . - Comparative mythology and its three divisions . - Comparative philology . - Etymological school . - Analogical school . - Psychological ...
... Meaning of mythology . - Etymology of μûlos . — Myth , a word . - Eos . - Mythology universal . - Comparative mythology and its three divisions . - Comparative philology . - Etymological school . - Analogical school . - Psychological ...
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... meaning . This lectureship , with three others in the Univer- sities of Edinburgh , St. Andrews , and Aberdeen , was founded , as you know , by the late Lord Gifford , a Scotch lawyer , who by ability , hard work , and self- denial had ...
... meaning . This lectureship , with three others in the Univer- sities of Edinburgh , St. Andrews , and Aberdeen , was founded , as you know , by the late Lord Gifford , a Scotch lawyer , who by ability , hard work , and self- denial had ...
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