Man and His GodsLittle, Brown, 1952 - 501 pages |
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Page 108
... morality , and to the understanding of the beliefs of Israel . It is obvious that the moral features of any religion must not be judged by the particular character of its precepts , for to do so is to assume unwar- rantedly that moral ...
... morality , and to the understanding of the beliefs of Israel . It is obvious that the moral features of any religion must not be judged by the particular character of its precepts , for to do so is to assume unwar- rantedly that moral ...
Page 417
... moral certitudes , Huxley's century was surprisingly naïve . It had once been in conformity with the highest moral code of Christian Europe that devout citizens should delight in burning witches twenty at a time , that the Inquisition ...
... moral certitudes , Huxley's century was surprisingly naïve . It had once been in conformity with the highest moral code of Christian Europe that devout citizens should delight in burning witches twenty at a time , that the Inquisition ...
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... moral social structure . Locke , in his Essay on the Human Understanding ( 1690 ) had held with Hobbes to the egoistic basis of rational moral conduct , but returned the vis a tergo to the individual and denied the importance of society ...
... moral social structure . Locke , in his Essay on the Human Understanding ( 1690 ) had held with Hobbes to the egoistic basis of rational moral conduct , but returned the vis a tergo to the individual and denied the importance of society ...
Contents
Foreword by Albert Einstein | 3 |
The Great Mother | 64 |
The Heaven Is My Throne and the Earth My Footstool | 88 |
Copyright | |
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