Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 8British Academy, 1976 - Humanities |
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... religion , that his work becomes practically a work on religion ; and more than half of it is devoted to an exposition of the theory of Animism . 6 This , as is well known , is merely another name for the soul - theory . But it was a ...
... religion , that his work becomes practically a work on religion ; and more than half of it is devoted to an exposition of the theory of Animism . 6 This , as is well known , is merely another name for the soul - theory . But it was a ...
Page 288
... religion , and to shut out what he deems false religion . It is evident that in following this method definitions of religion will be precisely , neither more nor less , as numerous , as contradictory , and as accurate , as are the ...
... religion , and to shut out what he deems false religion . It is evident that in following this method definitions of religion will be precisely , neither more nor less , as numerous , as contradictory , and as accurate , as are the ...
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... religions of modern savages give a correct picture of the oldest beliefs . We do not know what the earliest , the most primitive religion , was . And it is quite unlikely that we ever shall know . It is not probable that modern savage ...
... religions of modern savages give a correct picture of the oldest beliefs . We do not know what the earliest , the most primitive religion , was . And it is quite unlikely that we ever shall know . It is not probable that modern savage ...
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