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... ; it is true for the time , but is destined to give way at some future period to a more expanded and spiritual truth . Fetichism yields to polytheism , and this again to the 208 CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN SKEPTICISM .
... ; it is true for the time , but is destined to give way at some future period to a more expanded and spiritual truth . Fetichism yields to polytheism , and this again to the 208 CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN SKEPTICISM .
Page 209
Francis Bowen. Fetichism yields to polytheism , and this again to the doctrine of the one true God . Monotheism is in turn to be succeeded by some more spiritualized form of belief , — probably by that which identifies God with the ...
Francis Bowen. Fetichism yields to polytheism , and this again to the doctrine of the one true God . Monotheism is in turn to be succeeded by some more spiritualized form of belief , — probably by that which identifies God with the ...
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... polytheism , or of those religious systems that are not based upon the dogma of the unity of God , the subject which I propose to discuss in the present Lecture . If we look only at what Hume calls the natural his- tory of religion ...
... polytheism , or of those religious systems that are not based upon the dogma of the unity of God , the subject which I propose to discuss in the present Lecture . If we look only at what Hume calls the natural his- tory of religion ...
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... polytheism is the first natural product of the religious sentiment among mankind , and that it everywhere preceded a belief in the unity of God , is ably sustained by Hume , a portion of whose argument I borrow the more wil- lingly , as ...
... polytheism is the first natural product of the religious sentiment among mankind , and that it everywhere preceded a belief in the unity of God , is ably sustained by Hume , a portion of whose argument I borrow the more wil- lingly , as ...
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... of special deities who exert any influence over human affairs is rapidly reduced to one . Two conclusions may be drawn from this fact of the early growth of polytheism . The first is , that the THE UNITY OF GOD . 383.
... of special deities who exert any influence over human affairs is rapidly reduced to one . Two conclusions may be drawn from this fact of the early growth of polytheism . The first is , that the THE UNITY OF GOD . 383.
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