Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1898 - 608 pages |
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Page vi
... historical method where for- merly we had to be satisfied with mere theories or postulates , so that at the present moment it may truly be said that what is meant by evolution or continuous development has now been proved to exist in ...
... historical method where for- merly we had to be satisfied with mere theories or postulates , so that at the present moment it may truly be said that what is meant by evolution or continuous development has now been proved to exist in ...
Page vii
... historical facts , leaving their impress on every succeeding generation . There never was a break in the history of the human mind . This silent faith which supported the great thinkers of the last century , has in our time become a ...
... historical facts , leaving their impress on every succeeding generation . There never was a break in the history of the human mind . This silent faith which supported the great thinkers of the last century , has in our time become a ...
Page ix
... historical or pre - historical times . For it must not be forgotten that these roots and their derivatives are not mere guesses or theories , but hard facts , quite as hard as the chipped flints dug out from the gravel beds of the river ...
... historical or pre - historical times . For it must not be forgotten that these roots and their derivatives are not mere guesses or theories , but hard facts , quite as hard as the chipped flints dug out from the gravel beds of the river ...
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... Historical method . - Archaeology . - Theorotio school . - Historical school . - Study of language . - Historical school . - Acutus . - Theoretic school.- Brinton on palaeolithic language -Advantages of both theories . - Science of ...
... Historical method . - Archaeology . - Theorotio school . - Historical school . - Study of language . - Historical school . - Acutus . - Theoretic school.- Brinton on palaeolithic language -Advantages of both theories . - Science of ...
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... Historical traces in the Veda . - The old problems in their simpler form • LECTURE X. PAGE 221-238 COMPARATIVE STUDY ... Historical school , its true character . - Stanley . - Necessity of an historical study of religion . - Criticisms ...
... Historical traces in the Veda . - The old problems in their simpler form • LECTURE X. PAGE 221-238 COMPARATIVE STUDY ... Historical school , its true character . - Stanley . - Necessity of an historical study of religion . - Criticisms ...
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