Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1898 - 608 pages |
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... books on Language , books on Mythology , books on Religion , and books on the Science of Thought , may seem to have little in common , and yet they were all inspired and directed by one and the same purpose . During the last fifty years ...
... books on Language , books on Mythology , books on Religion , and books on the Science of Thought , may seem to have little in common , and yet they were all inspired and directed by one and the same purpose . During the last fifty years ...
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... Book of the Dead , and similar works , the very existence of which was unknown to the scholars of the last century . Half of my own life has been devoted to the unearthing and the publishing of the ... Books xiv PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS .
... Book of the Dead , and similar works , the very existence of which was unknown to the scholars of the last century . Half of my own life has been devoted to the unearthing and the publishing of the ... Books xiv PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS .
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... Books of the East ' , which has become the foundation of a new , comparative and strictly historical , study of religion2 . Religions have shared the fate of languages and mythologies . They have been studied his- torically and in a ...
... Books of the East ' , which has become the foundation of a new , comparative and strictly historical , study of religion2 . Religions have shared the fate of languages and mythologies . They have been studied his- torically and in a ...
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... Books of Council and Session , or elsewhere , for preservation . And my desire and hope is that these lectureships and lectures may promote and advance among all classes of the community the true know- ledge of Him Who is , and there is ...
... Books of Council and Session , or elsewhere , for preservation . And my desire and hope is that these lectureships and lectures may promote and advance among all classes of the community the true know- ledge of Him Who is , and there is ...
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... books LECTURE IX . HISTORICAL TREATMENT OF RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS . Is religion possible ? -History and theory inseparable.- Agnosticism . - Epicurean view of the gods . - Chance and pur- pose ; Darwin . - Atheism . - Intuitive knowledge ...
... books LECTURE IX . HISTORICAL TREATMENT OF RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS . Is religion possible ? -History and theory inseparable.- Agnosticism . - Epicurean view of the gods . - Chance and pur- pose ; Darwin . - Atheism . - Intuitive knowledge ...
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