Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1898 - 608 pages |
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Page viii
... discovery of Sanskrit , and of the roots of Sanskrit , so carefully collected by Pânini and other grammarians , we know as a matter of fact , or as a real fact of history , that the bulk of words used by Hindus , Persians , Greeks ...
... discovery of Sanskrit , and of the roots of Sanskrit , so carefully collected by Pânini and other grammarians , we know as a matter of fact , or as a real fact of history , that the bulk of words used by Hindus , Persians , Greeks ...
Page xi
... . Some discovered in it more or less defaced survivals of a primeval revelation once granted to the whole human race ; others treated it boldly as the work of the devil , others again as the PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS . xi.
... . Some discovered in it more or less defaced survivals of a primeval revelation once granted to the whole human race ; others treated it boldly as the work of the devil , others again as the PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS . xi.
Page xvii
... does not detract from , it only adds to the dignity of language , for the Logos which has been discovered as both hidden and revealed in b speech , has been recognised as being in very truth PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS . xvii.
... does not detract from , it only adds to the dignity of language , for the Logos which has been discovered as both hidden and revealed in b speech , has been recognised as being in very truth PREFACE TO COLLECTED WORKS . xvii.
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... discovered , and to be studied from MSS . in the Bibliothèque Royale , as it was then called , or in Bur- nouf's private library . I often thought that I should have to give it up , and return as a Privatdocent to a German University ...
... discovered , and to be studied from MSS . in the Bibliothèque Royale , as it was then called , or in Bur- nouf's private library . I often thought that I should have to give it up , and return as a Privatdocent to a German University ...
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... discovered ; and it prevails even now , though there is no longer any excuse for it . Homer , for instance , is very fond of etymologies which are to account for the peculiar character of certain gods and heroes . Plato extends this ...
... discovered ; and it prevails even now , though there is no longer any excuse for it . Homer , for instance , is very fond of etymologies which are to account for the peculiar character of certain gods and heroes . Plato extends this ...
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