Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1907 - 608 pages |
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Page vi
... mind quite as clearly as in any of the realms of objective nature which Darwin chose for the special field of his brilliant labours . Language , mythology , religion , nay even philosophy can now be proved to be the outcome of a natural ...
... mind quite as clearly as in any of the realms of objective nature which Darwin chose for the special field of his brilliant labours . Language , mythology , religion , nay even philosophy can now be proved to be the outcome of a natural ...
Page vii
... mind . This silent faith which supported the great thinkers of the last century , has in our time become a reality , and has been con- firmed by the best students in nearly every branch of historical as well as of physical research . We ...
... mind . This silent faith which supported the great thinkers of the last century , has in our time become a reality , and has been con- firmed by the best students in nearly every branch of historical as well as of physical research . We ...
Page xi
... mind as realised in language , from its fossil period onward to the days of Shakespeare , it has taught us at the same time that this so - called growth or development of language was the work of myriads of human beings , building up ...
... mind as realised in language , from its fossil period onward to the days of Shakespeare , it has taught us at the same time that this so - called growth or development of language was the work of myriads of human beings , building up ...
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... mind when brought in con- tact with nature , and with what is behind this phenomenal and perishable nature , the Invisible , the Eternal , the Divine . This is true religion , because natural religion , based on that touch with God ...
... mind when brought in con- tact with nature , and with what is behind this phenomenal and perishable nature , the Invisible , the Eternal , the Divine . This is true religion , because natural religion , based on that touch with God ...
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... mind of all who yearn for light and truth . Whoever has followed the forward march of these discoveries during the present century will understand what I mean by saying that the whole history of the world has been changed by them , that ...
... mind of all who yearn for light and truth . Whoever has followed the forward march of these discoveries during the present century will understand what I mean by saying that the whole history of the world has been changed by them , that ...
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