Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1898 - 608 pages |
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Page 23
... possess- ing trustworthy translations , not only of the Veda , but of all the Sacred Books of the East . I had by that time finished the edition of the Rig - veda and its commentary , and it was expected that I should publish a complete ...
... possess- ing trustworthy translations , not only of the Veda , but of all the Sacred Books of the East . I had by that time finished the edition of the Rig - veda and its commentary , and it was expected that I should publish a complete ...
Page 83
... possessed of more than double that number of words can hardly be said to be below the level reached by some of the higher animals . I have quoted this case on several occasions , not in order to question Darwin's honesty , but simply to ...
... possessed of more than double that number of words can hardly be said to be below the level reached by some of the higher animals . I have quoted this case on several occasions , not in order to question Darwin's honesty , but simply to ...
Page 84
... possess a certain charm ; and he soon discovered that what to Niebuhr sounded like πλόη or εὔπλοη , was really the English , ' Pull away . ' 1 See Bové , Patagonia , Terra del Fuoco , Rapporto del Tenente Giacomo Bove . Parte prima ...
... possess a certain charm ; and he soon discovered that what to Niebuhr sounded like πλόη or εὔπλοη , was really the English , ' Pull away . ' 1 See Bové , Patagonia , Terra del Fuoco , Rapporto del Tenente Giacomo Bove . Parte prima ...
Page 88
... possess something like religious feelings , then a sigh , a tear , a sudden silence , an involuntary interjection , or even a curse , become proof positive of the existence of germs of religion , though in a most rudimentary state . We ...
... possess something like religious feelings , then a sigh , a tear , a sudden silence , an involuntary interjection , or even a curse , become proof positive of the existence of germs of religion , though in a most rudimentary state . We ...
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... possess religion . If religion is defined as a modus cognoscendi et colendi Deum , even Buddhism would not be a religion . If it is defined as a surrender of the finite will to the infinite , even Judaism , at least in its earliest form ...
... possess religion . If religion is defined as a modus cognoscendi et colendi Deum , even Buddhism would not be a religion . If it is defined as a surrender of the finite will to the infinite , even Judaism , at least in its earliest form ...
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