Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical Divisions, the Pure System of Primeval Theology, the Grand Code of Civil Laws, the Original Form of Government, the Widely-extended Commerce, and the Various Profound Literature, of Hindostan: Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature, of Persia, Egypt, and Greece, the Whole Intended as Introductory to The History of Hindostan, Upon a Comprehensive Scale ... |
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Page 19
... his nature doubtless originated from traditions delivered down , during a long revolution of ages , from B 2 * Plutarch de Ifide et Ofiride , p . 354 . the 1 the ancient patriarchs , difperfed in the earliest periods through [ 19 ]
... his nature doubtless originated from traditions delivered down , during a long revolution of ages , from B 2 * Plutarch de Ifide et Ofiride , p . 354 . the 1 the ancient patriarchs , difperfed in the earliest periods through [ 19 ]
Page 99
... Plutarch , on the front of the Delphic temple , and fignifying thou art , or poffibly only the contraction of EI MI , I AM , was moft probably derived from this Hebrew title of God . By this appella- tive , Mofes was commanded to ...
... Plutarch , on the front of the Delphic temple , and fignifying thou art , or poffibly only the contraction of EI MI , I AM , was moft probably derived from this Hebrew title of God . By this appella- tive , Mofes was commanded to ...
Page 302
... Plutarch , in his treatise De Ifide et Ofiride , exprefsly afferts the god Cneph to be without beginning and with- out end , and it is he who informs us that the inhabitants of Thebais , by whom the Deity was worshipped in fuch purity ...
... Plutarch , in his treatise De Ifide et Ofiride , exprefsly afferts the god Cneph to be without beginning and with- out end , and it is he who informs us that the inhabitants of Thebais , by whom the Deity was worshipped in fuch purity ...
Page 309
... Plutarch for di- viding the Egyptian theology into two claffes , the spiritual and the phyfical : the one was ar- cane , and revealed to the initiated alone ; the fecond was of a lefs abftrufe nature , palpable to the fenfes , and ...
... Plutarch for di- viding the Egyptian theology into two claffes , the spiritual and the phyfical : the one was ar- cane , and revealed to the initiated alone ; the fecond was of a lefs abftrufe nature , palpable to the fenfes , and ...
Page 310
... Plutarch , upon the principle of the earth's being impregnated by the genera tive warmth of the folar beam . The whole fyftem of the vulgar theology of Egypt feems to have been erected on that bafis ; and even in that perverted and ...
... Plutarch , upon the principle of the earth's being impregnated by the genera tive warmth of the folar beam . The whole fyftem of the vulgar theology of Egypt feems to have been erected on that bafis ; and even in that perverted and ...
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