Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2H. Holt, 1877 - Animism |
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Page 98
... ages , than in the lingering dege- neration of their modern reality . In the Khordah - Avesta , a document of the old Persian religion , the fate of good and wicked souls at death is pic- tured in a dialogue between Zarathustra ...
... ages , than in the lingering dege- neration of their modern reality . In the Khordah - Avesta , a document of the old Persian religion , the fate of good and wicked souls at death is pic- tured in a dialogue between Zarathustra ...
Page 106
... ages to bar the passage against all poor souls who cannot satisfy their demands for ceremonies , and formulas , and fees . This is the dark side of the picture . On the bright side , as we study the moral standards of the higher nations ...
... ages to bar the passage against all poor souls who cannot satisfy their demands for ceremonies , and formulas , and fees . This is the dark side of the picture . On the bright side , as we study the moral standards of the higher nations ...
Page 107
... ages a thousand years or so of sub- jective immortality ; " though as for mankind at large , the individual's personal interest hardly extends beyond those who have lived in his time , while his own memory scarce outlives the third and ...
... ages a thousand years or so of sub- jective immortality ; " though as for mankind at large , the individual's personal interest hardly extends beyond those who have lived in his time , while his own memory scarce outlives the third and ...
Page 118
... age that would not read him , and declaring that he would write for antiquity . Had he been a Chinese himself , he might have written his book in all seriousness for the benefit of his great - great - grand- father . Among the Chinese ...
... age that would not read him , and declaring that he would write for antiquity . Had he been a Chinese himself , he might have written his book in all seriousness for the benefit of his great - great - grand- father . Among the Chinese ...
Page 121
... ages the temple was replaced by the church of St. Theo- dorus , and there Dr. Conyers Middleton , who drew public attention to its curious history , used to look in and see ten or a dozen women , each with a sick child in her lap ...
... ages the temple was replaced by the church of St. Theo- dorus , and there Dr. Conyers Middleton , who drew public attention to its curious history , used to look in and see ten or a dozen women , each with a sick child in her lap ...
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