The Distinctive Messages of the Old ReligionsW. Blackwood and sons, 1892 - 342 páginas |
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... nature . He tells us that , if a savage found a watch , his im- mediate conclusion would be that there must have been a watchmaker . He intends to teach by an- alogy that , when the primitive man first beheld the mechanism of the ...
... nature . He tells us that , if a savage found a watch , his im- mediate conclusion would be that there must have been a watchmaker . He intends to teach by an- alogy that , when the primitive man first beheld the mechanism of the ...
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... nature is a sight which awakens wonder ; but why does it awaken wonder ? It is precisely because he seems to find in the universe something which he has found to be lacking in himself — i.e . , a principle of self - origina- tion . He ...
... nature is a sight which awakens wonder ; but why does it awaken wonder ? It is precisely because he seems to find in the universe something which he has found to be lacking in himself — i.e . , a principle of self - origina- tion . He ...
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... natural that , instead of seeking an origin for them , he should seek in them an origin for himself ? Is it not to ... nature - the limit to his own existence : is it not to be presumed that his earliest pursuit of such a cause will be ...
... natural that , instead of seeking an origin for them , he should seek in them an origin for himself ? Is it not to ... nature - the limit to his own existence : is it not to be presumed that his earliest pursuit of such a cause will be ...
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... nature . He has found it to be a poor , perishable thing , a thing which yesterday had no existence and which is dependent for its present life upon the agency of some other power . He comes to the sight of nature with a prejudice ...
... nature . He has found it to be a poor , perishable thing , a thing which yesterday had no existence and which is dependent for its present life upon the agency of some other power . He comes to the sight of nature with a prejudice ...
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... nature , he is drawn to it by its appearance of superiority to his own nature . He sees in it something which presents the aspect of a being above his own . He finds in his individ- ual life the evidence of fluctuation and change ; he ...
... nature , he is drawn to it by its appearance of superiority to his own nature . He sees in it something which presents the aspect of a being above his own . He finds in his individ- ual life the evidence of fluctuation and change ; he ...
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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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