Natural ReligionAsian Educational Services, 1979 - 608 pages |
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... look upon it , then , O Lord of the possessors of mystic powers , show your inexhaustible form to me . ' The Deity said : ' In hundreds and in thousands see my forms , various , divine ; see wonders in numbers unseen before . Within my ...
... look upon it , then , O Lord of the possessors of mystic powers , show your inexhaustible form to me . ' The Deity said : ' In hundreds and in thousands see my forms , various , divine ; see wonders in numbers unseen before . Within my ...
Page 239
... look at it from a more elevated position which allows us to watch its historical progress , in all its varying aspects , it seems often difficult to believe that the problem is really the same . And yet , if history teaches us anything ...
... look at it from a more elevated position which allows us to watch its historical progress , in all its varying aspects , it seems often difficult to believe that the problem is really the same . And yet , if history teaches us anything ...
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... look upon similar legends as mere varieties of one original type . It does not look upon mythological coincidences as simply the inevitable outcome of our common human nature , but traces all coincidences back to a common historical ...
... look upon similar legends as mere varieties of one original type . It does not look upon mythological coincidences as simply the inevitable outcome of our common human nature , but traces all coincidences back to a common historical ...
Contents
LECTURE I | 1 |
LECTURE II | 27 |
the infinite led to religious ideas Tangible semitangible | 43 |
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