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Lastly , one of the most notable points about the theory of transmigration is its
close bearing upon a thought which lies very deep in the history of philosophy ,
the development - theory of organic life in successive stages . An elevation from
the ...
Lastly , one of the most notable points about the theory of transmigration is its
close bearing upon a thought which lies very deep in the history of philosophy ,
the development - theory of organic life in successive stages . An elevation from
the ...
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Savage descriptions of the next world are often such absolute copies of this , that
it is scarcely possible to say whether the dead are or are not thought of as having
bodies like the living ; and a few pieces of evidence of this class are hardly ...
Savage descriptions of the next world are often such absolute copies of this , that
it is scarcely possible to say whether the dead are or are not thought of as having
bodies like the living ; and a few pieces of evidence of this class are hardly ...
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The question of an old Persian doctrine of resurrection , thought by some to be
related to the late Jewish doctrine , is obscure . In early Christianity , the
conception of bodily resurrection is developed with especial strength and fulness
in the ...
The question of an old Persian doctrine of resurrection , thought by some to be
related to the late Jewish doctrine , is obscure . In early Christianity , the
conception of bodily resurrection is developed with especial strength and fulness
in the ...
Page 22
... present to explore them , the measure of months and years breaks down even
within the narrow span of human life , and the survivor ' s thought of the soul of
the departed dwindles and disappears with the personal memory that kept it alive
.
... present to explore them , the measure of months and years breaks down even
within the narrow span of human life , and the survivor ' s thought of the soul of
the departed dwindles and disappears with the personal memory that kept it alive
.
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From such details it appears that the conception of some souls suffering
extinction at death or dying a second death , a thought still as heretofore familiar
to speculative theology , is not unknown in the lower culture . The soul , as
recognized in ...
From such details it appears that the conception of some souls suffering
extinction at death or dying a second death , a thought still as heretofore familiar
to speculative theology , is not unknown in the lower culture . The soul , as
recognized in ...
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| Title | Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Volume 2 Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Languages, Art and Customs, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Author | Sir Edward Burnett Tylor |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1877 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2008 |
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