Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1892 - 608 pages |
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Page xvi
... God's mercy for all the rest . Men like to entrench themselves in their little castles , to keep their bridges drawn and their portcullis ready to fall on any un- welcome guests . Or , to quote the words of my friend , Matthew Arnold ...
... God's mercy for all the rest . Men like to entrench themselves in their little castles , to keep their bridges drawn and their portcullis ready to fall on any un- welcome guests . Or , to quote the words of my friend , Matthew Arnold ...
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... God's mercy for all the rest . Men like to entrench themselves in their little castles , to keep their bridges drawn and their portcullis ready to fall on any un- welcome guests . Or , to quote the words of my friend , Matthew Arnold ...
... God's mercy for all the rest . Men like to entrench themselves in their little castles , to keep their bridges drawn and their portcullis ready to fall on any un- welcome guests . Or , to quote the words of my friend , Matthew Arnold ...
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... God or the gods . But even that is not the case . Buddhism , for instance , which is a creed professed by the largest number of human beings , recognises , as taught by Buddha Sâkyamuni , no god , or at all events no creator of the ...
... God or the gods . But even that is not the case . Buddhism , for instance , which is a creed professed by the largest number of human beings , recognises , as taught by Buddha Sâkyamuni , no god , or at all events no creator of the ...
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... gods and heroes . Plato extends this practice even more widely , though he often leaves us in doubt whether he is really serious in his etymo- logies or not ... gods of many barbarians , were the only gods known DEFINITION OF RELIGION . 29.
... gods and heroes . Plato extends this practice even more widely , though he often leaves us in doubt whether he is really serious in his etymo- logies or not ... gods of many barbarians , were the only gods known DEFINITION OF RELIGION . 29.
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... gods known to the aboriginal Hellenes ; and seeing that they were always moving and running , from this their running nature , they called them gods or runners ; and after- wards , when they had discovered all the other gods , they ...
... gods known to the aboriginal Hellenes ; and seeing that they were always moving and running , from this their running nature , they called them gods or runners ; and after- wards , when they had discovered all the other gods , they ...
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