Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1898 - 608 pages |
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... India , or Persia , it has become possible to discover what may be called his- torical evolution , in the earliest history of mankind . This could be done and was done by introducing historical method where for- merly we had to be ...
... India , or Persia , it has become possible to discover what may be called his- torical evolution , in the earliest history of mankind . This could be done and was done by introducing historical method where for- merly we had to be ...
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... Indian authorities , exceeds 1,000 , but can , no doubt , be very considerably reduced . The number of general ideas expressed by them amounts to no more than 121 ' , and even that number admits of reduction . How far the con- sequences ...
... Indian authorities , exceeds 1,000 , but can , no doubt , be very considerably reduced . The number of general ideas expressed by them amounts to no more than 121 ' , and even that number admits of reduction . How far the con- sequences ...
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... India .-- Languages of the Caucasus . - Egyptian . - Africa . — America.- Oceanic languages . - Malay . - Polynesia . - Melanesia LECTURE XIV . LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT . 828-350 What should we be without language . - Definition of think ...
... India .-- Languages of the Caucasus . - Egyptian . - Africa . — America.- Oceanic languages . - Malay . - Polynesia . - Melanesia LECTURE XIV . LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT . 828-350 What should we be without language . - Definition of think ...
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... India , Colonies , Missionary Societies . Work done in America . - The true meaning of Manito 484-518 LECTURE XIX . ON CUSTOMS AND LAWS . Materials for the study of customs and laws . - Customs based on religious ideas . - Customs ...
... India , Colonies , Missionary Societies . Work done in America . - The true meaning of Manito 484-518 LECTURE XIX . ON CUSTOMS AND LAWS . Materials for the study of customs and laws . - Customs based on religious ideas . - Customs ...
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... India . - The Veda . - Bud- dhism . - Influence of the Kshatriyas , the nobility . - Media and Persia . China . — Palestine . — Judaism . - Christianity . -Mohammedanism . - The Eight Religions . - Book - religions.- The invention of ...
... India . - The Veda . - Bud- dhism . - Influence of the Kshatriyas , the nobility . - Media and Persia . China . — Palestine . — Judaism . - Christianity . -Mohammedanism . - The Eight Religions . - Book - religions.- The invention of ...
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