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... Civilization by War . 47 Sacerdotal sanctions Two characteristics of the polity Slavery Concentration of spiritual and temporal power Morality of Polytheism Moral effects of Slavery • • Subordination of morality to polity Personal ...
... Civilization by War . 47 Sacerdotal sanctions Two characteristics of the polity Slavery Concentration of spiritual and temporal power Morality of Polytheism Moral effects of Slavery • • Subordination of morality to polity Personal ...
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... civilization which has , from any cause whatever , been arrested , and left in an imperfect state . It is the selectest part , the vanguard of the human race , that we have to study : the greater part of the white race , or the European ...
... civilization which has , from any cause whatever , been arrested , and left in an imperfect state . It is the selectest part , the vanguard of the human race , that we have to study : the greater part of the white race , or the European ...
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... civilization : but if a trained philosophical mind were to collect and arrange all the material for a judgment that we possess , its insufficiency would be immediately apparent . It is not that the material is scanty or imper- fect ...
... civilization : but if a trained philosophical mind were to collect and arrange all the material for a judgment that we possess , its insufficiency would be immediately apparent . It is not that the material is scanty or imper- fect ...
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... mind . It is not difficult to perceive why fetichism was a feeble instrument of civilization , notwithstanding its wide intel- ITS RELATION TO SOCIETY . 13 lectual dominion ; and 12 POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY . To Intellect.
... mind . It is not difficult to perceive why fetichism was a feeble instrument of civilization , notwithstanding its wide intel- ITS RELATION TO SOCIETY . 13 lectual dominion ; and 12 POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY . To Intellect.
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... civilization , both because it stimu- lates industrial aptitudes and because its moral operation is good in encouraging Man to improve his own nature by giving reason control over the propensities . It is a great and injurious mistake ...
... civilization , both because it stimu- lates industrial aptitudes and because its moral operation is good in encouraging Man to improve his own nature by giving reason control over the propensities . It is a great and injurious mistake ...
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