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... MANKIND , ' ETC. 031 ' Ce n'est pas dans les possibilités , c'est dans l'homme même qu'il faut étudier l'homme : il ne s'agit pas d'imaginer ce qu'il auroit pû ou dû faire , mais de regarder ce qu'il fait .'- De Brosses . IN TWO VOLUMES ...
... MANKIND , ' ETC. 031 ' Ce n'est pas dans les possibilités , c'est dans l'homme même qu'il faut étudier l'homme : il ne s'agit pas d'imaginer ce qu'il auroit pû ou dû faire , mais de regarder ce qu'il fait .'- De Brosses . IN TWO VOLUMES ...
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... Mankind ' ( 1st Ed . 1865 ; 2nd Ed . 1870 ) , carry on the investigation of Culture into other branches of thought and belief , art and custom . During the past six years I have taken occasion to bring tentatively before the public some ...
... Mankind ' ( 1st Ed . 1865 ; 2nd Ed . 1870 ) , carry on the investigation of Culture into other branches of thought and belief , art and custom . During the past six years I have taken occasion to bring tentatively before the public some ...
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... Mankind - Negative statements on this subject frequently misleading and mistaken : many cases uncertain - Minimum definition of Religion - Doctrine of Spiritual Beings , here termed Animism - Animism treated as belonging to Natural ...
... Mankind - Negative statements on this subject frequently misleading and mistaken : many cases uncertain - Minimum definition of Religion - Doctrine of Spiritual Beings , here termed Animism - Animism treated as belonging to Natural ...
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... mankind , in so far as it is capable of being investigated on general principles , is a subject apt for the study of laws of human thought and action . On the one hand , the uniformity which so largely pervades civilization may be ...
... mankind , in so far as it is capable of being investigated on general principles , is a subject apt for the study of laws of human thought and action . On the one hand , the uniformity which so largely pervades civilization may be ...
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... mankind is part and parcel of the history of nature , that our thoughts , wills , and actions accord with laws as definite as those which govern the motion of waves , the combination of acids and bases , and the growth of plants and ...
... mankind is part and parcel of the history of nature , that our thoughts , wills , and actions accord with laws as definite as those which govern the motion of waves , the combination of acids and bases , and the growth of plants and ...
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