Three Essays: Viz: Laws, and the Order of Their Discovery : Origin of Animal Worship : Political Fetichism, Temas68-69J. Fitzgerald, 1835 - 23 páginas |
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Three Essays: Viz: Laws, and the Order of Their Discovery ..., Temas68-69 Herbert Spencer Vista de fragmentos - 1885 |
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12 numbers aboriginal abstract law abstract nouns ALEXANDER BAIN alleged ancient myths anthropomorphic arise ascribed become belief cause ception civilized races classes of relations co-existences and sequences complex conception concrete connection conscious conspicuous Contents in part):-The Contents:-The crete Croshek dawn derived descendants earliest early Endymion Essays Evolution existing express F.R.S. illustrated fact Fetichism frequency and vividness genesis GRANT ALLEN habit happen Hence HERBERT SPENCER human hypothesis idea inanimate interpretation Jabutí JOHN TYNDALL kind known language less LIBRARY Lord Palmerston manifest Max Müller McLennan ments metaphorical names misinterpretation mode of thought moon motion natural nick nickname nomena occur origin Origin of Species perceived phenom phenomena powers primitive Prof proper names reduced to law rela rience savage tribes says Science Scientific Sir John Lubbock surnames surrounding objects theory things THOMAS H tion tradition tribal name uncivilized Veddah Wolf words worship of animals
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Página 17 - Now in ancient languages every one of these words had necessarily a termination expressive of gender, and this naturally produced in the mind the corresponding idea of sex, so that these names received not only an individual, but a sexual character. There was no substantive which was not either masculine or feminine ; neuters being of later growth, and distinguishable chiefly in the nominative.
Página 9 - the rudimentary form of all religion is the propitiation of dead ancestors who are supposed to be still existing, and to be capable of working good or evil to their descendants.
Página 12 - neither could they express abstract qualities, such as hard, soft, warm, cold, long, short, round, &c. ; for "hard" they would say "like a stone;" for "tall" they would say " long legs," &c. ; for " round " they said
Página 15 - vegetables and stones, nay, even tools and weapons, pots and canoes, have souls that are immortal, and that, like the souls of men, pass on at last to Mbulu, the abode of departed spirits.