Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1907 - 608 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 81
Page vi
... meant by evolution or continuous development has now been proved to exist in the historical growth of the human mind quite as clearly as in any of the realms of objective nature which Darwin chose for the special field of his brilliant ...
... meant by evolution or continuous development has now been proved to exist in the historical growth of the human mind quite as clearly as in any of the realms of objective nature which Darwin chose for the special field of his brilliant ...
Page xi
... meant was that the two are inseparable , for no two things in this world can ever be identical . They are as inseparable as the bark and the stem of a living tree , as the concave and the convex , as the angle and the two lines which ...
... meant was that the two are inseparable , for no two things in this world can ever be identical . They are as inseparable as the bark and the stem of a living tree , as the concave and the convex , as the angle and the two lines which ...
Page xviii
... meant though inadequately expressed view of the world fashioned by thousands of early poets and thinkers , nay as the first attempt at a solution of the enigmas of that marvellous nature which surrounds us on all sides , and supports us ...
... meant though inadequately expressed view of the world fashioned by thousands of early poets and thinkers , nay as the first attempt at a solution of the enigmas of that marvellous nature which surrounds us on all sides , and supports us ...
Page xix
... meant to be . Is it no comfort to know that at no time and in no part of the world , has God left Himself without a witness , that the hand of God was nowhere beyond the reach of the outstretched hands of babes and suck- lings ; nay ...
... meant to be . Is it no comfort to know that at no time and in no part of the world , has God left Himself without a witness , that the hand of God was nowhere beyond the reach of the outstretched hands of babes and suck- lings ; nay ...
Page 12
... meant more , and that looking on man as an integral part , nay as the very crown of nature , he wished religion to be treated as a spontaneous and necessary outcome of the mind of man , when brought under the genial influence of ...
... meant more , and that looking on man as an integral part , nay as the very crown of nature , he wished religion to be treated as a spontaneous and necessary outcome of the mind of man , when brought under the genial influence of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acts Agnosticism ancient animals Apollon Aryan Avesta become believe Brahmans Buddha Buddhism called century character Christian Comparative Mythology concepts Confucius cosmological argument dawn definition of religion deity derived dialects discovered divine doubt Dyaus earliest earth etymology evolution existence express fact feeling fetishism finite German gods grammar Greek growth guage heaven Hibbert Lectures Historical School human mind hymns idea India Indra infinite instance knowledge Latin laws likewise meaning meant modern moral myth Natural Religion Natural Theology never object origin Ormazd perception philosophers phonetic poets possess present question races recognised religious Rig-veda Roman root Sacred Books Sanskrit savages scholars Science of Language Science of Religion seems Semitic sense speak spirit spoken supposed supreme Theology theory things thought tion told trace translated tribes true Upanishads Varuna Veda Vedic Vedic religion word worship Wuotan Zeus Zoroaster