The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... Greek words signifying God in All . When the mind is strongly impressed with this belief , and conscientiously acts upon it , the effect is great tenderness toward animals , and reverence for Nature ; because the minutest form of being ...
... Greek words signifying God in All . When the mind is strongly impressed with this belief , and conscientiously acts upon it , the effect is great tenderness toward animals , and reverence for Nature ; because the minutest form of being ...
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... Greeks . The poem contains a celebrated episode , called the Bhagavat Geeta , from which extracts will be given in the following pages . It relates the history and conversations of Vishnu , while on earth in the form of Crishna . The ...
... Greeks . The poem contains a celebrated episode , called the Bhagavat Geeta , from which extracts will be given in the following pages . It relates the history and conversations of Vishnu , while on earth in the form of Crishna . The ...
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... Greek geographer , records that a philosopher , named Onesicritus , was sent into India , by Alexander the Great , to learn the doctrines and mode of life of the hermit sages in that region . He found a Bra- min , named Calanus , who ...
... Greek geographer , records that a philosopher , named Onesicritus , was sent into India , by Alexander the Great , to learn the doctrines and mode of life of the hermit sages in that region . He found a Bra- min , named Calanus , who ...
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... Greek , Latin , and English . While quite young , he published a book , " Against the Idolatry of All Religions . " In this he gave great offence to Hindoos and Mahometans , by the freedom with which he animadverted upon what he con ...
... Greek , Latin , and English . While quite young , he published a book , " Against the Idolatry of All Religions . " In this he gave great offence to Hindoos and Mahometans , by the freedom with which he animadverted upon what he con ...
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... Greek words signifying burnt faces ; and the an- cients appear to have applied it to people browned by the sun ... Greeks . Homer calls them " the blameless men ; " and relates that Jupiter , at certain seasons of the year , left ...
... Greek words signifying burnt faces ; and the an- cients appear to have applied it to people browned by the sun ... Greeks . Homer calls them " the blameless men ; " and relates that Jupiter , at certain seasons of the year , left ...
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