Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion Language, Art, and Custom |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 79
Page vii
... whole course of modern thought on such subjects should not be left without formal recognition . This absence of particular reference is accounted for by the present work , arranged on its own lines , coming scarcely into contact of ...
... whole course of modern thought on such subjects should not be left without formal recognition . This absence of particular reference is accounted for by the present work , arranged on its own lines , coming scarcely into contact of ...
Page 1
... whole which includes knowledge , belief , art , morals , law , custom , and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society . The condition of culture among the various societies of mankind , in so far as it is ...
... whole which includes knowledge , belief , art , morals , law , custom , and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society . The condition of culture among the various societies of mankind , in so far as it is ...
Page 4
... 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 , and that the true philosophy of history lies in extending and improving the methods of ...
... 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 , and that the true philosophy of history lies in extending and improving the methods of ...
Page 5
... whole to that branch of it which is here 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 ...
... whole to that branch of it which is here 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 ...
Page 6
... whole more available than in general history . This may appear from a brief preliminary examination of the problem , how the phenomena of Culture may be classified and arranged , stage by stage , in a probable order of evolution ...
... whole more available than in general history . This may appear from a brief preliminary examination of the problem , how the phenomena of Culture may be classified and arranged , stage by stage , in a probable order of evolution ...
Common terms and phrases
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