Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion Language, Art, and Custom |
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... thought and belief , art and custom . During the past six years I have taken occasion to bring tentatively before the public some of the principal points of new evidence and argument here advanced . The doctrine of survival in culture ...
... thought and belief , art and custom . During the past six years I have taken occasion to bring tentatively before the public some of the principal points of new evidence and argument here advanced . The doctrine of survival in culture ...
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... thought , on Experience - Mythology affords evidence for studying laws of Imagination - Change in public opinion as to credibility of Myths - Myths rationalized into Allegory and History - Ethnological import and treatment of Myth ...
... thought , on Experience - Mythology affords evidence for studying laws of Imagination - Change in public opinion as to credibility of Myths - Myths rationalized into Allegory and History - Ethnological import and treatment of Myth ...
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... thought and action . On the one hand , the uniformity which so largely pervades civilization may be ascribed , in great measure , to the uniform action of uniform causes : while on the other hand its various grades may be regarded as ...
... thought and action . On the one hand , the uniformity which so largely pervades civilization may be ascribed , in great measure , to the uniform action of uniform causes : while on the other hand its various grades may be regarded as ...
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... thought and language , knowledge and art , a change appears in the prevalent tone of opinion . The world at large is ... thoughts , wills , and actions accord with laws as definite as those which govern the motion of waves , the ...
... thought and language , knowledge and art , a change appears in the prevalent tone of opinion . The world at large is ... thoughts , wills , and actions accord with laws as definite as those which govern the motion of waves , the ...
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... thought and action , and has simply thrown out of account in his own studies of life the whole fabric of motiveless will and uncaused spontaneity . It is assumed here that they should be just so thrown out of account in wider studies ...
... thought and action , and has simply thrown out of account in his own studies of life the whole fabric of motiveless will and uncaused spontaneity . It is assumed here that they should be just so thrown out of account in wider studies ...
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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