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... extend the theory to new analyses , and more and more special aspects of human progression . The application which I propose now to enter upon must , however , in order to be brief , be restricted ; and the first part of my task is to ...
... extend the theory to new analyses , and more and more special aspects of human progression . The application which I propose now to enter upon must , however , in order to be brief , be restricted ; and the first part of my task is to ...
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... extended to embrace the animal kingdom , producing the express adoration of brutes , when they pre- sented any aspect of mystery : that is , when Man did not find the corresponding equivalent of their qualities in him- self , -whether ...
... extended to embrace the animal kingdom , producing the express adoration of brutes , when they pre- sented any aspect of mystery : that is , when Man did not find the corresponding equivalent of their qualities in him- self , -whether ...
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... extended dominion and residence . The fetich gods had little power to unite men , or to govern them . Though there were certainly fetiches of the tribe , and even of the nation , the greater number were domestic , or even personal ; and ...
... extended dominion and residence . The fetich gods had little power to unite men , or to govern them . Though there were certainly fetiches of the tribe , and even of the nation , the greater number were domestic , or even personal ; and ...
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... extend and imitate what had already been done . Polytheism itself may have been primitive in certain cases , where the individual had a strong natural tendency to abstraction , while his contemporaries , being more impres- sible than ...
... extend and imitate what had already been done . Polytheism itself may have been primitive in certain cases , where the individual had a strong natural tendency to abstraction , while his contemporaries , being more impres- sible than ...
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... extended . Each god took the place of a troop of fetiches , which were thenceforth permitted , or reduced , to serve as his escort . We shall hereafter recognize the same process , in the succession of monotheism to polytheism . The The ...
... extended . Each god took the place of a troop of fetiches , which were thenceforth permitted , or reduced , to serve as his escort . We shall hereafter recognize the same process , in the succession of monotheism to polytheism . The The ...
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