An Analysis of Religious Belief, Volume 2Trübner & Company, 1876 - Religions |
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... conceptions of his hearers , and uttered what was directly contradic- tory to his veritable ideas . Hence his words must be taken in two senses ; the palpable and the hidden sense.2 2 As it has been with the Chinese Classics , with the ...
... conceptions of his hearers , and uttered what was directly contradic- tory to his veritable ideas . Hence his words must be taken in two senses ; the palpable and the hidden sense.2 2 As it has been with the Chinese Classics , with the ...
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... conception of its nature . Productive energy , for instance , is plainly attributed to Taò , for it is stated that Tad produces one , one two , and two three , while 3 Ch . 25 . 1 Ch . I. 4 Ch . 37 . 2 Ch . 32 . 5 Ch . 21 . 6 Ch . 14 ...
... conception of its nature . Productive energy , for instance , is plainly attributed to Taò , for it is stated that Tad produces one , one two , and two three , while 3 Ch . 25 . 1 Ch . I. 4 Ch . 37 . 2 Ch . 32 . 5 Ch . 21 . 6 Ch . 14 ...
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... conception of perfect goodness . In the first place , the righteous man is in harmony in his actions with Tad ; he becomes one with Taò , and Tad rejoices to receive him . He places himself in the 1 Ch . , 25 . For the sake of enabling ...
... conception of perfect goodness . In the first place , the righteous man is in harmony in his actions with Tad ; he becomes one with Taò , and Tad rejoices to receive him . He places himself in the 1 Ch . , 25 . For the sake of enabling ...
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... conception of goodness , both human and divine . It is that of gentleness , or , as he would call it , weakness . It is a favourite principle of his that the weak things of the earth overcome the strong , and that they overcome in ...
... conception of goodness , both human and divine . It is that of gentleness , or , as he would call it , weakness . It is a favourite principle of his that the weak things of the earth overcome the strong , and that they overcome in ...
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... . And first , Taò itself turns out to be a less incompre- hensible and contradictory being than we originally 1 L. V. V. , pp . xxxi . , xxxii . LAO - TSE'S CONCEPTIONS OF DEITY . 73 supposed . 72 HOLY BOOKS , OR BIBLES .
... . And first , Taò itself turns out to be a less incompre- hensible and contradictory being than we originally 1 L. V. V. , pp . xxxi . , xxxii . LAO - TSE'S CONCEPTIONS OF DEITY . 73 supposed . 72 HOLY BOOKS , OR BIBLES .
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Page 270 - O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 222 - And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 320 - And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Page 267 - Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Page 248 - And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Page 283 - In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Page 330 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body I cannot tell; or whether out of the body I cannot tell: God knoweth); such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth); How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Page 287 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 37 - When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path. What you do not like, when done to yourself, do not do to others.
Page 92 - The great lord of these worlds sees as if he were near. If a man thinks he is walking by stealth, the gods know it all. ' If a man stands or walks or hides, if he goes to lie down or to get up, what two people sitting together whisper, King Varuna knows it, he is there as the third.