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... universal . Unless we proceed in this way , we lose sight of all the political relations arising from the action of the more advanced on the progress of inferior nations . The metaphysical , and even the theological polity seeks to ...
... universal . Unless we proceed in this way , we lose sight of all the political relations arising from the action of the more advanced on the progress of inferior nations . The metaphysical , and even the theological polity seeks to ...
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... universal fetichism , determined the formation of an organized wor- ship and a distinct priesthood : and thus , the advent of astrolatry was not only a symptom , but a powerful means of social progress in its day , though , from its ...
... universal fetichism , determined the formation of an organized wor- ship and a distinct priesthood : and thus , the advent of astrolatry was not only a symptom , but a powerful means of social progress in its day , though , from its ...
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... universal and natural as it is , is not the less a kind of permanent halluci- nation , proceeding from such a preponderance of the affec- tive over the intellectual life , that the most absurd beliefs impair all direct observation of ...
... universal and natural as it is , is not the less a kind of permanent halluci- nation , proceeding from such a preponderance of the affec- tive over the intellectual life , that the most absurd beliefs impair all direct observation of ...
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... universal fetichism . Among nations which had reached polytheism before becoming agricultural , the religious influence necessary to the change was chiefly due , no doubt , to the remains of fetichism , which held a con- spicuous place ...
... universal fetichism . Among nations which had reached polytheism before becoming agricultural , the religious influence necessary to the change was chiefly due , no doubt , to the remains of fetichism , which held a con- spicuous place ...
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... universal in its influence . stars answer to this description , when once their isolated and inaccessible position had fixed men's attention in pre- ference to the nearer objects which had at first engrossed it . The difference in ...
... universal in its influence . stars answer to this description , when once their isolated and inaccessible position had fixed men's attention in pre- ference to the nearer objects which had at first engrossed it . The difference in ...
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