Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1892 - 608 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 85
Page 9
... idea of a divine sonship was not only new to the Jews , it was blas- phemy in their eyes , and worthy of death . And yet that very idea has become the corner - stone of a new religion , which new religion calls itself not the de ...
... idea of a divine sonship was not only new to the Jews , it was blas- phemy in their eyes , and worthy of death . And yet that very idea has become the corner - stone of a new religion , which new religion calls itself not the de ...
Page 10
... idea of the Divine . A veil will always remain . No astronomer ventures to look at the sun without darkening his lens , and man will have to look at what is beyond through a glass darkly . But as in every other pur- suit , so in ...
... idea of the Divine . A veil will always remain . No astronomer ventures to look at the sun without darkening his lens , and man will have to look at what is beyond through a glass darkly . But as in every other pur- suit , so in ...
Page 18
... idea took complete possession of me , and young as I was , and , I ought to 1 Upanishads , translated by Max Müller , in Sacred Books of the East , vol . i . p . lxi . add , reckless as I was , instead of beginning 18 LECTURE I.
... idea took complete possession of me , and young as I was , and , I ought to 1 Upanishads , translated by Max Müller , in Sacred Books of the East , vol . i . p . lxi . add , reckless as I was , instead of beginning 18 LECTURE I.
Page 31
... idea of a word , if we can prove , for instance , that deus was originally no more than a bright being , that a priest was originally an elder , a minister a servant , a bishop an overseer ; but if we were to give these etymologies as ...
... idea of a word , if we can prove , for instance , that deus was originally no more than a bright being , that a priest was originally an elder , a minister a servant , a bishop an overseer ; but if we were to give these etymologies as ...
Page 40
... idea that the gods had implanted that feeling in their hearts , or that a thing was wrong or right because the gods had forbidden or commanded it , did not occur to them , till they had come in contact with Greek philosophy . Their ...
... idea that the gods had implanted that feeling in their hearts , or that a thing was wrong or right because the gods had forbidden or commanded it , did not occur to them , till they had come in contact with Greek philosophy . Their ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Agnosticism ancient ANDREW LANG animals Apollon Aryan Avesta become believe Brahmans Buddha Buddhism called century character Christian Comparative Mythology concepts Confucius cosmological argument Crown 8vo dawn definition of religion deity derived dialects divine doubt Dyaus earliest earth Edition Essays etymology existence express fact fetishism finite German gods grammar Greek growth Gruppe guage heaven Hibbert Lectures Historical School hymns idea Illustrations India Indra infinite instance knowledge Latin laws likewise logical Lord meaning meant modern moral myth Natural Religion object origin Ormazd perception philosophers phonetic poets Professor question races recognised religious Rig-veda Roman root Sacred Books Sanskrit savage scholars Science of Language Science of Religion seems Semitic sense speak spirit spoken supposed Theology theory things thought tion told trace Translated true Upanishads Varuna Veda Vedic Vedic religion vols word worship Wuotan Zeus Zoroaster
Popular passages
Page 567 - AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice.