Natural ReligionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1889 - 608 pages |
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... character . - Religion and science . - What imparts a religious character . - Moral influences of physical phenomena.- Vedic prayers . - Early morality . - Moral influence of ancestral spirits . -Ancestral law in China . - Moral ...
... character . - Religion and science . - What imparts a religious character . - Moral influences of physical phenomena.- Vedic prayers . - Early morality . - Moral influence of ancestral spirits . -Ancestral law in China . - Moral ...
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... character . - Stanley . - Necessity of an historical study of religion . - Criticisms answered - LECTURE XI . - 239-279 MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF NATURAL RELIGION . - Language , Myth , Customs and Laws , Sacred Books . - Lan- guage as ...
... character . - Stanley . - Necessity of an historical study of religion . - Criticisms answered - LECTURE XI . - 239-279 MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF NATURAL RELIGION . - Language , Myth , Customs and Laws , Sacred Books . - Lan- guage as ...
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... character of gods . - Acci- dental similarities of names . - Foreign gods . - Mythological names which admit of no ... Characters common to gods and heroes of different names . - Rudra , Apollon , Wuotan . - Myths agreeing in one and ...
... character of gods . - Acci- dental similarities of names . - Foreign gods . - Mythological names which admit of no ... Characters common to gods and heroes of different names . - Rudra , Apollon , Wuotan . - Myths agreeing in one and ...
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... character , as a part of nature , nay , as her highest achievement , so that , if religion can be shown to be a natural out- come of our faculties , we may readily accept the Science of Religion as one of the natural sciences , in the ...
... character , as a part of nature , nay , as her highest achievement , so that , if religion can be shown to be a natural out- come of our faculties , we may readily accept the Science of Religion as one of the natural sciences , in the ...
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... character of religion , we may surely recognise a sign of the times . Would such a Will have been possible fifty years ago ? Would any English , would any Scotch University at that time have accepted a lectureship on such conditions ? I ...
... character of religion , we may surely recognise a sign of the times . Would such a Will have been possible fifty years ago ? Would any English , would any Scotch University at that time have accepted a lectureship on such conditions ? I ...
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Page 111 - All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.
Page 145 - to express the Infinite ; not the Infinite as the result of a long process of abstract reasoning, but the visible Infinite, visible by the naked eye, the endless expanse beyond the earth, beyond the clouds, beyond the sky. That was called A-diti, the un-bound, the unbounded ; one might almost say, but for fear of misunderstandings,
Page 2 - of men conceal'd Their thoughts, for fear that, if reveal'd. They would by other men be met With blank indifference, or with blame reprov'd : I knew they lived and mov'd Trick'd in disguises, alien to the rest Of men, and alien to themselves.
Page 609 - 6d, . . , The earliest philosophical and religious poem of India, It has been paraphrased in Arnold's 'Song Celestial! VOL. X. The Dhammapada, Translated from Pali by F. MAX MULLER; and The Sutta-Nipata, Translated from Pali by V. FAUSBOLL ; being Canonical Books of the Buddhists. 8vo., cloth,
Page 531 - Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country ; for I am the Lord your God V