Researches Into the Nature and Affinity of Ancient and Hindu MythologyLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831 - 494 pages |
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... gods , they calling all under- standing beings superior to men by that name , yet they acknowledged one supreme ... gods , there was one supreme , omni- potent , and only unmade God . " — Intellectual System , book i . chap . 4. sect ...
... gods , they calling all under- standing beings superior to men by that name , yet they acknowledged one supreme ... gods , there was one supreme , omni- potent , and only unmade God . " — Intellectual System , book i . chap . 4. sect ...
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... gods . Nor does Homer appear to have been in any manner acquainted with this opinion * ; and it may therefore be justly concluded , that it was altogether unknown to the earlier Greeks . If , however , this hypothesis has been admitted ...
... gods . Nor does Homer appear to have been in any manner acquainted with this opinion * ; and it may therefore be justly concluded , that it was altogether unknown to the earlier Greeks . If , however , this hypothesis has been admitted ...
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... gods . " * The substantial correctness of this account , that is , that the deified forms of the sun , moon , ether , air , fire , water , and earth were the original gods worshipped by the Egyptians , —will receive the strongest ...
... gods . " * The substantial correctness of this account , that is , that the deified forms of the sun , moon , ether , air , fire , water , and earth were the original gods worshipped by the Egyptians , —will receive the strongest ...
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... gods of pagan antiquity ? " He further remarks : — " Such being the case , since the demon - gods of paganism were the mortals who lived during the golden age † ; and since there was a golden age , both immediately after the creation ...
... gods of pagan antiquity ? " He further remarks : — " Such being the case , since the demon - gods of paganism were the mortals who lived during the golden age † ; and since there was a golden age , both immediately after the creation ...
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... Gods , to whom energy and power were attributed , must be material . * But the only material beings in which thought and reason were discernible were themselves , and con- sequently , however absurd the impersonification of the heaven ...
... Gods , to whom energy and power were attributed , must be material . * But the only material beings in which thought and reason were discernible were themselves , and con- sequently , however absurd the impersonification of the heaven ...
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Page 177 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
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