Theosophy Or Psychological Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1892Longmans, Green and Company, 1895 - 594 pages |
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... , if possible , that close genealogical coherence which alone can change empirical into scientific knowledge . This genealogical method is no doubt the most perfect when we can follow the growth of religious ideas , vi PREFACE .
... , if possible , that close genealogical coherence which alone can change empirical into scientific knowledge . This genealogical method is no doubt the most perfect when we can follow the growth of religious ideas , vi PREFACE .
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... perfect man . I am quite willing to admit , on the other hand , that an expression such as ' Son of Man ' is of Semitic growth . It is a solecism even when translated into Greek . No Greek would ever have said son of man in the sense of ...
... perfect man . I am quite willing to admit , on the other hand , that an expression such as ' Son of Man ' is of Semitic growth . It is a solecism even when translated into Greek . No Greek would ever have said son of man in the sense of ...
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... perfect honesty , and , in spite of the sneers of Celsus and other Greek philosophers , bring them- selves to accept Jesus of Nazareth as the incarnate Logos , as the Word or the Son of God . If they had taken any lower view of Christ ...
... perfect honesty , and , in spite of the sneers of Celsus and other Greek philosophers , bring them- selves to accept Jesus of Nazareth as the incarnate Logos , as the Word or the Son of God . If they had taken any lower view of Christ ...
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... perfect , 388 . Spiegel , 46 n . , 48 n . Spinoza , 102 . Spirit World , names for , among Poly- nesians , 228 . Spirit , as Word , Reason , and Power , 461 . Spiritism , 153- Spiritus , Tertullian's use of , 461 . Spitama Zarathushtra ...
... perfect , 388 . Spiegel , 46 n . , 48 n . Spinoza , 102 . Spirit World , names for , among Poly- nesians , 228 . Spirit , as Word , Reason , and Power , 461 . Spiritism , 153- Spiritus , Tertullian's use of , 461 . Spitama Zarathushtra ...
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... perfect justice which , in spite of all appearances to the contrary , govern the world , it would follow that what applies to the history of the world in general , must likewise apply to all that constitutes that history . Schiller's ...
... perfect justice which , in spite of all appearances to the contrary , govern the world , it would follow that what applies to the history of the world in general , must likewise apply to all that constitutes that history . Schiller's ...
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