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... respect to the immediate and the reflex interpretation of the world , of the individual , and of the society in which our common life is passed . We hold that myth is , in its most general and comprehensive nature , the spontaneous and ...
... respect to the immediate and the reflex interpretation of the world , of the individual , and of the society in which our common life is passed . We hold that myth is , in its most general and comprehensive nature , the spontaneous and ...
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... respect to the substance , which may alter , at any rate in the mode of its acts and pro- ceedings . I fear that this opinion will appear at first sight to be paradoxical and chimerical , since it is well known that the mythical ...
... respect to the substance , which may alter , at any rate in the mode of its acts and pro- ceedings . I fear that this opinion will appear at first sight to be paradoxical and chimerical , since it is well known that the mythical ...
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... respects any organism , habit , and psychological con- stitution in the whole animal kingdom , in which man is also included , signifies whatever in them is fixed and permanently organized ; whatever is perpetuated by the indefinite ...
... respects any organism , habit , and psychological con- stitution in the whole animal kingdom , in which man is also included , signifies whatever in them is fixed and permanently organized ; whatever is perpetuated by the indefinite ...
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... respect to the laws of evolution , and to the hereditary per- manence of acts performed in the former environment of ... respecting the general teaching of myths , but we must also observe introspectively , and by pursuing the ...
... respect to the laws of evolution , and to the hereditary per- manence of acts performed in the former environment of ... respecting the general teaching of myths , but we must also observe introspectively , and by pursuing the ...
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... respecting the origin of myth , it may be said that in addition to the systems already mentioned , two others are presented to us with the weight of authority and knowledge ; these , while they do not renounce the appliances and ...
... respecting the origin of myth , it may be said that in addition to the systems already mentioned , two others are presented to us with the weight of authority and knowledge ; these , while they do not renounce the appliances and ...
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