Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1892 - 608 pages |
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... evolution . - Positivist point of view . - Rig - veda . - The dawn . - End and endless . - Endless in the Avesta . - Theogonic elements . - How the perception of NATURAL THEOLOGY . L LECTURE I. ORD GIFFORD'S munificent endowment.
... evolution . - Positivist point of view . - Rig - veda . - The dawn . - End and endless . - Endless in the Avesta . - Theogonic elements . - How the perception of NATURAL THEOLOGY . L LECTURE I. ORD GIFFORD'S munificent endowment.
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... of our era , it is said , and not without a certain kind of pride , that our religion has remained unchanged , at least in all its essential elements . Whether this is really so , depends on the meaning LORD GIFFORD'S BEQUEST . 7.
... of our era , it is said , and not without a certain kind of pride , that our religion has remained unchanged , at least in all its essential elements . Whether this is really so , depends on the meaning LORD GIFFORD'S BEQUEST . 7.
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... elements of religion , and in religion , more than in anything else , essential elements are but too often treated as non - essential , and , what is worse , non - essential as essential . The his- torian would have no great difficulty ...
... elements of religion , and in religion , more than in anything else , essential elements are but too often treated as non - essential , and , what is worse , non - essential as essential . The his- torian would have no great difficulty ...
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... element , the recipient , must always be liable to the accidents and infirmities of human nature . That human element can never be eliminated in any religion , certainly not in our own , unless we claim infallibility not only for the ...
... element , the recipient , must always be liable to the accidents and infirmities of human nature . That human element can never be eliminated in any religion , certainly not in our own , unless we claim infallibility not only for the ...
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... elements which resist further analysis . These elements we call roots , and leave them , for the present , as ultimate facts . In tracing the upward growth of words we arrive at a stage where we can clearly see the branching off of a ...
... elements which resist further analysis . These elements we call roots , and leave them , for the present , as ultimate facts . In tracing the upward growth of words we arrive at a stage where we can clearly see the branching off of a ...
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