Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religions of India: Delivered in the Chapter House, Westminster Abbey, in April, May, and June, 1878Longmans, Green, 1878 - 394 pages |
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... speak of the gods or of God as Homer and other itinerant singers . No doubt , at that early time , what was alone im- portant was to show that what was believed by the crowd was purely fanciful . To ask how those fanciful opinions of ...
... speak of the gods or of God as Homer and other itinerant singers . No doubt , at that early time , what was alone im- portant was to show that what was believed by the crowd was purely fanciful . To ask how those fanciful opinions of ...
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... speak of a man's religion , meaning his piety , his faith in the gods , his observ- ance of ceremonies , till at last an entire system of faith was called religiones or religio . The other derivation of religio is supported by high ...
... speak of a man's religion , meaning his piety , his faith in the gods , his observ- ance of ceremonies , till at last an entire system of faith was called religiones or religio . The other derivation of religio is supported by high ...
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... speak of faith as a religious faculty in man , all that we can mean is our ordinary consciousness , so developed and modified as to enable us to take cognisance of religious objects . This is not meant as a new sense , by the side of ...
... speak of faith as a religious faculty in man , all that we can mean is our ordinary consciousness , so developed and modified as to enable us to take cognisance of religious objects . This is not meant as a new sense , by the side of ...
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... speak of gravity . is hardly less mythological . The same danger exists , I fully admit , with regard to the manner in which certain philosophers speak of our faculties , and we know that one faculty at least , that of Reason , has had ...
... speak of gravity . is hardly less mythological . The same danger exists , I fully admit , with regard to the manner in which certain philosophers speak of our faculties , and we know that one faculty at least , that of Reason , has had ...
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... speaking directs the power of singing , or the power of singing obeys , or disobeys the power of speaking . This way of talking , nevertheless , has prevailed , and , as I guess , produced great confusion . ' ' In einem Dialog sollte ...
... speaking directs the power of singing , or the power of singing obeys , or disobeys the power of speaking . This way of talking , nevertheless , has prevailed , and , as I guess , produced great confusion . ' ' In einem Dialog sollte ...
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¹ Rig-Veda Aditi Aditya Agni ancient Aryans Asha asura atheism believe body Brahman breath called comprehend concept creatures darkness dawn death deities Devas divine doubt Dyaus everything existence express fact faith father fetishism finite fire forest gods grammatical gender Greek growth heart heaven and earth Henotheism highest human hymns Ibid idea immortal India Indra infinite invisible language Latin literature living look lord Maitreyî meaning mind Mitra monotheism moon mountains nature negroes never objects ourselves path of Rita perceive perception philosophers polytheism Pragâpati praise primitive Purânas recognised religion religious thought Rig-Veda rivers root sacred sacrifices Sanskrit savage Savitri seems semi-tangible senses sensuous solar deities speak stone supposed supreme Sûrya Sûtras thee things thou thunder translate trees tribes true Upanishads Varuna Veda Vedic poets Vedic religion Waitz word worship Zend Zeus
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Page 14 - And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Page 371 - For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Page 118 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Page 279 - The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining...
Page 265 - My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Page 223 - And call no man your father upon the earth ; for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Page 295 - He through whom the sky is bright and the earth firm ; He through whom the heaven was...
Page 316 - Who knows the secret ? Who proclaimed it here Whence, whence this manifold creation sprang ? The Gods themselves came later into being. Who knows from whence this great creation sprang...
Page 336 - That Self cannot be gained by the Veda, nor by understanding, nor by much learning. He whom the Self chooses, by him the Self can be gained.
Page 336 - As the one fire, after it has entered the world, though one, becomes different according to whatever it burns, thus the one Self within all things 'becomes different, according to whatever it enters, and exists also without.