Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1892 - 608 pages |
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... language . It is the same with the Science of Language . That science is certainly one of the natural sciences , but we should never forget that it is full of interest also when treated as an historical science . The line of demarcation ...
... language . It is the same with the Science of Language . That science is certainly one of the natural sciences , but we should never forget that it is full of interest also when treated as an historical science . The line of demarcation ...
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... Language , I devoted my leisure to a study of the Science of Language . A study of lan- guage is absolutely necessary as an introduction to the study of philosophy as well as of religion . Whatever further research may teach us about ...
... Language , I devoted my leisure to a study of the Science of Language . A study of lan- guage is absolutely necessary as an introduction to the study of philosophy as well as of religion . Whatever further research may teach us about ...
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... language minus sound , instead of language being , as was commonly supposed , thought plus sound . It was from that point of view that I felt justified in treat- ing mythology as I had done , namely , as an affection , or even as a ...
... language minus sound , instead of language being , as was commonly supposed , thought plus sound . It was from that point of view that I felt justified in treat- ing mythology as I had done , namely , as an affection , or even as a ...
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... Language , in support of a theory held by the most eminent philosophers from Plato to Hegel ' , namely , that Logos is the same thing , whether you translate it by language or by thought , and that as there is no language without reason ...
... Language , in support of a theory held by the most eminent philosophers from Plato to Hegel ' , namely , that Logos is the same thing , whether you translate it by language or by thought , and that as there is no language without reason ...
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... language and a science of language . But no one would speak of Comparative Language ; neither ought we to speak of Comparative Religion . It is different with mythology . Mythology may be used , not only for a collection of myths , but ...
... language and a science of language . But no one would speak of Comparative Language ; neither ought we to speak of Comparative Religion . It is different with mythology . Mythology may be used , not only for a collection of myths , but ...
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