Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1907 - 608 pages |
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Page vii
... spirit with which such men as Herder in the field of history , and Oken and Lamarck in the field of nature , clung to that faith and fore- saw the triumphs of the days in which we are living . What impeded their progress was the ...
... spirit with which such men as Herder in the field of history , and Oken and Lamarck in the field of nature , clung to that faith and fore- saw the triumphs of the days in which we are living . What impeded their progress was the ...
Page xv
... spirit , and they have thus been recognised as the natural out- come of the human mind when brought in con- tact with nature , and with what is behind this phenomenal and perishable nature , the Invisible , the Eternal , the Divine ...
... spirit , and they have thus been recognised as the natural out- come of the human mind when brought in con- tact with nature , and with what is behind this phenomenal and perishable nature , the Invisible , the Eternal , the Divine ...
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... spirits . Ancestral law in China . - Moral influence of psycho- logical deities . - Temple to Mens.- Eros and Psyche.- Con- science.- Remorse . - Have we a conscience ? -Sacrifices an element of religion . - Priesthood . - Study of the ...
... spirits . Ancestral law in China . - Moral influence of psycho- logical deities . - Temple to Mens.- Eros and Psyche.- Con- science.- Remorse . - Have we a conscience ? -Sacrifices an element of religion . - Priesthood . - Study of the ...
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... spirit of Christ's own teach- ing . Yet he remained always a truly devout Christian , trusting more in the great miracle of Christ's life and teaching on earth than in the small miracles ascribed to him by many of his followers . Some ...
... spirit of Christ's own teach- ing . Yet he remained always a truly devout Christian , trusting more in the great miracle of Christ's life and teaching on earth than in the small miracles ascribed to him by many of his followers . Some ...
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... spirit by which he hoped that his lecturers would be guided . And this seems to me the most remarkable feature of his bequest . Lord Gifford was evidently what the world would call a devout and religious man , and you have heard how in ...
... spirit by which he hoped that his lecturers would be guided . And this seems to me the most remarkable feature of his bequest . Lord Gifford was evidently what the world would call a devout and religious man , and you have heard how in ...
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