Natural ReligionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1889 - 608 pages |
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... gods and great gods . - The infinite in man as an object . - The something behind man.— The infinite behind man . - Religious ideas springing from it.- Animism . — Seelencult . - Strange names ; Totemism .-- The infinite in man as a ...
... gods and great gods . - The infinite in man as an object . - The something behind man.— The infinite behind man . - Religious ideas springing from it.- Animism . — Seelencult . - Strange names ; Totemism .-- The infinite in man as a ...
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... gods . - Acci- dental similarities of names . - Foreign gods . - Mythological names which admit of no etymology . - The names of gods .-- The etymological meaning must be physical . - Learned and popular etymologies of Greeks and Romans ...
... gods . - Acci- dental similarities of names . - Foreign gods . - Mythological names which admit of no etymology . - The names of gods .-- The etymological meaning must be physical . - Learned and popular etymologies of Greeks and Romans ...
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... God's mercy for all the rest . Men like to entrench themselves in their little castles , to keep their bridges drawn and their portcullis ready to fall on any un- welcome guests . Or , to quote the words of my friend , Matthew Arnold ...
... God's mercy for all the rest . Men like to entrench themselves in their little castles , to keep their bridges drawn and their portcullis ready to fall on any un- welcome guests . Or , to quote the words of my friend , Matthew Arnold ...
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... gods and heroes . Plato extends this practice even more widely , though he often leaves us in doubt whether he is really serious in his etymo- logies or not ... gods of many barbarians , were the only gods known DEFINITION OF RELIGION . 29.
... gods and heroes . Plato extends this practice even more widely , though he often leaves us in doubt whether he is really serious in his etymo- logies or not ... gods of many barbarians , were the only gods known DEFINITION OF RELIGION . 29.
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Friedrich Max Müller. gods of many barbarians , were the only gods known to the aboriginal Hellenes ; and seeing that they were always moving and running , from this their running nature , they called them gods or runners ; and after ...
Friedrich Max Müller. gods of many barbarians , were the only gods known to the aboriginal Hellenes ; and seeing that they were always moving and running , from this their running nature , they called them gods or runners ; and after ...
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