Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion Language, Art, and Custom |
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... called Culture , the history , not of tribes or nations , but of the condition of knowledge , religion , art , custom , and the like among them , the task of investigation proves to lie within far more moderate compass . We suffer still ...
... called Culture , the history , not of tribes or nations , but of the condition of knowledge , religion , art , custom , and the like among them , the task of investigation proves to lie within far more moderate compass . We suffer still ...
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... called modern ideas . As it has more than once happened to myself to find my collections of traditions and beliefs thus set up to prove their own objective truth , without proper examination of the grounds on which they were actually ...
... called modern ideas . As it has more than once happened to myself to find my collections of traditions and beliefs thus set up to prove their own objective truth , without proper examination of the grounds on which they were actually ...
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... called the middle culture , the question which remains is whether this middle culture may be traced back to the lower culture , that is , to savagery . To affirm this , is merely to assert that the same kind of development in culture ...
... called the middle culture , the question which remains is whether this middle culture may be traced back to the lower culture , that is , to savagery . To affirm this , is merely to assert that the same kind of development in culture ...
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... called the supernatural progression - theory , is exemplified in the familiar culture - traditions of Peru and Italy . But other minds , following a different ideal track from the present to the past , have seen in a far different shape ...
... called the supernatural progression - theory , is exemplified in the familiar culture - traditions of Peru and Italy . But other minds , following a different ideal track from the present to the past , have seen in a far different shape ...
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... cities , the so - called ' dangerous classes ' are sunk in hideous misery and de- pravity . If we have to strike a balance between the Papuans of New Caledonia and the communities of Euro- pean 42 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE .
... cities , the so - called ' dangerous classes ' are sunk in hideous misery and de- pravity . If we have to strike a balance between the Papuans of New Caledonia and the communities of Euro- pean 42 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURE .
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