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Page xi
... origin ' of religion , as if it could be assumed that this origin was single and moreover could be elicited without undue difficulty by observa- tion and questioning of existing savage tribes . Thus Cornford writes : " If we are right ...
... origin ' of religion , as if it could be assumed that this origin was single and moreover could be elicited without undue difficulty by observa- tion and questioning of existing savage tribes . Thus Cornford writes : " If we are right ...
Page xii
... origin as what the savage calls Mana ' , is at least equally hypothetical . It is when he gets beyond this remote and misty starting - point and begins to demonstrate the different types of philosophy which are the natural successors of ...
... origin as what the savage calls Mana ' , is at least equally hypothetical . It is when he gets beyond this remote and misty starting - point and begins to demonstrate the different types of philosophy which are the natural successors of ...
Page 110
... origin of things , but as a ritual means of maintaining the necessary order of things essential for the well- being ... Origins of Early Semitic Ritual , p . 19 . We know , moreover , that , on the fourth IIO A RITUAL BASIS FOR HESIOD'S ...
... origin of things , but as a ritual means of maintaining the necessary order of things essential for the well- being ... Origins of Early Semitic Ritual , p . 19 . We know , moreover , that , on the fourth IIO A RITUAL BASIS FOR HESIOD'S ...
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The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 31 |
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