The Distinctive Messages of the Old ReligionsW. Blackwood and sons, 1892 - 342 páginas |
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... Greek religion to an examination of its earliest anessage that message which preceded all intellec- tual culture , and was revealed to the spontaneous instincts of the heart . The period of its nature- worship is really the distinctive ...
... Greek religion to an examination of its earliest anessage that message which preceded all intellec- tual culture , and was revealed to the spontaneous instincts of the heart . The period of its nature- worship is really the distinctive ...
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... Greek has no bright prospect in the sky of the future . His only chance of keeping his optimism is to shut his eyes on that future . Beyond this life all to him is dark . Of the existence beyond the grave he has the most gloomy ...
... Greek has no bright prospect in the sky of the future . His only chance of keeping his optimism is to shut his eyes on that future . Beyond this life all to him is dark . Of the existence beyond the grave he has the most gloomy ...
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... Greek's adoration is Greece- Greece as it presented itself to his youthful im- agination , and as it appeared on the ... Greek soil has in- vested them . There is a strong analogy between the faith of the Greek and the faith of the Jew ...
... Greek's adoration is Greece- Greece as it presented itself to his youthful im- agination , and as it appeared on the ... Greek soil has in- vested them . There is a strong analogy between the faith of the Greek and the faith of the Jew ...
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... Greek imputed to his divinity the most diverse objects . In one sense the Greek is in this respect more remark- able than the Jew . While to the son of Israel all acts were ultimately divine acts , the larger part of them were acts of ...
... Greek imputed to his divinity the most diverse objects . In one sense the Greek is in this respect more remark- able than the Jew . While to the son of Israel all acts were ultimately divine acts , the larger part of them were acts of ...
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... Greek religion says , " We know nothing about the long - run ; but it is all right now . " The long - run was to the Greek an invisible 1 Whoever wishes to study the subsequent symbolism grafted upon these divinities may consult Sir ...
... Greek religion says , " We know nothing about the long - run ; but it is all right now . " The long - run was to the Greek an invisible 1 Whoever wishes to study the subsequent symbolism grafted upon these divinities may consult Sir ...
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adoration Agnosticism Ahriman ancient aspiration Balder beginning belief Brahmanism Buddhism Cheap Edition China Chinese Christ Christianity Church Church of Scotland cloth Confucius creed Crown 8vo death deified divine doctrine dream earliest earth Egypt Egyptian element empire evil exhibit existence fact faith Fcap French morocco GEORGE ELIOT glory gods Greece Greek heaven hope human idea ideal Illustrations immortality India Indian individual J. G. Lockhart John Galt Judaism Judea kingdom Lâo-tze light Loki look mind modern moral mystery mythology nation nature object of worship OLIPHANT origin Pantheon Parsism past Philosophy Poems poetry Portrait Post 8vo present primitive principle Professor reached realise recognised religion religious revealed reverence Roman Rome sacrifice Scotland Second Edition seek sense shadows soul sphere spirit stage Teuton things Third Edition thought tion unity universe University of Edinburgh vols Zoroaster
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