Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion Language, Art, and Custom |
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... man's free will , destroys his sense of per- sonal responsibility , and degrades him to a soulless machine . He who will say these things will nevertheless pass much of his own life in studying the motives which lead to human action ...
... man's free will , destroys his sense of per- sonal responsibility , and degrades him to a soulless machine . He who will say these things will nevertheless pass much of his own life in studying the motives which lead to human action ...
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... man's life in the world by reference to general laws , is in fact a subject with which , in the present state of knowledge , even genius aided by wide research seems but hardly able to cope . Yet there are departments of it which ...
... man's life in the world by reference to general laws , is in fact a subject with which , in the present state of knowledge , even genius aided by wide research seems but hardly able to cope . Yet there are departments of it which ...
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... man's religious consciousness ; nor , because the religions of savage tribes may be rude and primitive compared with the great Asiatic systems , do they lie too low for interest and even for respect . The question really lies between ...
... man's religious consciousness ; nor , because the religions of savage tribes may be rude and primitive compared with the great Asiatic systems , do they lie too low for interest and even for respect . The question really lies between ...
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... man's goodness , power , and happiness . This theoretical civilization does in no small measure cor- respond with actual civilization , as traced by comparing savagery with barbarism , and barbarism with modern edu- cated life . So far ...
... man's goodness , power , and happiness . This theoretical civilization does in no small measure cor- respond with actual civilization , as traced by comparing savagery with barbarism , and barbarism with modern edu- cated life . So far ...
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... man , admitting that he does not climb trees like the wild Australian , nor track game like the savage of the ... man's rule of duty in the world , that he shall strive to know as well as he can find out , and to do as well as he ...
... man , admitting that he does not climb trees like the wild Australian , nor track game like the savage of the ... man's rule of duty in the world , that he shall strive to know as well as he can find out , and to do as well as he ...
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Abipones Africa ages Amazulu ancient animals animistic appears Archæology Archip Aryan Asien barbaric Bastian beasts belief belong body called century Charlevoix Chinook Jargon civilization connexion creatures culture custom Dayaks dead death described divination doctrine dreams early earth English European evidence express fact fancy father Fiji fingers funeral ghost Greek Grimm hand heaven Hine-nui-te-po Hist human hyæna idea imitative Indian interjectional Islands Journ Karens Khonds language legend living lower races Malay man's mankind Maui Max Müller meaning mediæval Mensch mind modern Moon myth mythic mythology nations native nature nature-myth night numerals Oestl Ojibwa origin philosophy Plin primitive Quichua quinary relation religion remarkable rite rude Sanskrit savage tribes Schoolcraft seems sneeze soul sound spirit stone story survival theory things thought tion Tonga traced Veddas verb vigesimal vowels Waitz words Wuttke Yoruba Zealand Zulu