Essays on the sacred language, writings, and religion of the Parsees. To which is also added a biographical memoir of the late dr. Haug, by E.P. Evans

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Página 303 - Having arrived at the grand idea of the unity and indivisibility of the Supreme Being, he undertook to solve the great problem which has engaged the attention of so many wise men of antiquity, and even of modern times, viz., how are the imperfections discoverable in the world, the various kinds of evils, wickedness, and baseness, compatible with the goodness, holiness, and...

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