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... universal form , is evolved and has its origin . We must therefore seek to discover whether , in addition to the various causes assigned for myth in earlier ages , and still more in modern times by our great philologists , ethnologists ...
... universal form , is evolved and has its origin . We must therefore seek to discover whether , in addition to the various causes assigned for myth in earlier ages , and still more in modern times by our great philologists , ethnologists ...
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... universal , permanent , and uniform . In order to give a clear explanation of my esti- mate of the a priori idea , which also takes its place as the factor of experimental and positive teaching , I must observe that for those who belong ...
... universal , permanent , and uniform . In order to give a clear explanation of my esti- mate of the a priori idea , which also takes its place as the factor of experimental and positive teaching , I must observe that for those who belong ...
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... of the gods . " Again : " Ignorant and primitive men transform all nature into a vast living body , sentient of passions and affections . " This explanation establishes a true and universal fact , but 12 MYTH AND SCIENCE .
... of the gods . " Again : " Ignorant and primitive men transform all nature into a vast living body , sentient of passions and affections . " This explanation establishes a true and universal fact , but 12 MYTH AND SCIENCE .
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An Essay Tito Vignoli. This explanation establishes a true and universal fact , but it is not the explanation of the fact itself ; yet it is not , as we shall see , incapable of solution , and it appears to me that the ultimate source ...
An Essay Tito Vignoli. This explanation establishes a true and universal fact , but it is not the explanation of the fact itself ; yet it is not , as we shall see , incapable of solution , and it appears to me that the ultimate source ...
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... universal origin of myths on the basis of ethno- graphy , on the psychological examination of the primary facts of the intelligence , and on the conception of the evolution of the general phenomena of nature . It would , indeed , be ...
... universal origin of myths on the basis of ethno- graphy , on the psychological examination of the primary facts of the intelligence , and on the conception of the evolution of the general phenomena of nature . It would , indeed , be ...
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