Natural ReligionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1889 - 608 pages |
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... common to gods and heroes of different names . - Rudra , Apollon , Wuotan . - Myths agreeing in one and differing in other names . - Varuna and Ormazd . — III . The Psychological School . — Völker - psycho- logie . - Advantages in ...
... common to gods and heroes of different names . - Rudra , Apollon , Wuotan . - Myths agreeing in one and differing in other names . - Varuna and Ormazd . — III . The Psychological School . — Völker - psycho- logie . - Advantages in ...
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... common , motives of a man who wishes to see his own peculiar views of religion perpetuated for the benefit of mankind . He would have ranked among the pious founders and benefactors of this country , by the side of Chichele , Wolsey ...
... common , motives of a man who wishes to see his own peculiar views of religion perpetuated for the benefit of mankind . He would have ranked among the pious founders and benefactors of this country , by the side of Chichele , Wolsey ...
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... common ; thirdly , in an attempt to discover , on the strength of the evidence thus collected , what is the true nature , the origin , and purpose of all religion . I ask , then , Where is the danger ? And why should our Universities ...
... common ; thirdly , in an attempt to discover , on the strength of the evidence thus collected , what is the true nature , the origin , and purpose of all religion . I ask , then , Where is the danger ? And why should our Universities ...
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... common illusion that language is different from thought , and thought different from language , seemed to me one of the best illustrations of modern philosophical mythology ; but I found that even pro- fessed philosophers clung to that ...
... common illusion that language is different from thought , and thought different from language , seemed to me one of the best illustrations of modern philosophical mythology ; but I found that even pro- fessed philosophers clung to that ...
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... common element in both . Schleiermacher's Definition of Religion . Some philosophers , however , and particularly Schlei- ermacher , claim the right of using religion in a still “ higher sense . They deny that religion is either ...
... common element in both . Schleiermacher's Definition of Religion . Some philosophers , however , and particularly Schlei- ermacher , claim the right of using religion in a still “ higher sense . They deny that religion is either ...
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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