Civilization on TrialThirteen essays and lectures written over a period of years, dealing with many problems. |
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... higher religions which are still living on in the world of to - day side by side with Christianity : Islam , Hinduism , and the Mahayana form of Buddhism which now prevails in the Far East . You can see the role of Islam as a chrysalis ...
... higher religions which are still living on in the world of to - day side by side with Christianity : Islam , Hinduism , and the Mahayana form of Buddhism which now prevails in the Far East . You can see the role of Islam as a chrysalis ...
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... higher state and achieving a spiritually finer activity . Now , in assuming that this individual progress is what spiritual progress means , are we after all admitting Frazer's thesis that the higher religions are essentially and ...
... higher state and achieving a spiritually finer activity . Now , in assuming that this individual progress is what spiritual progress means , are we after all admitting Frazer's thesis that the higher religions are essentially and ...
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... higher religions , and of Christianity itself , really made ? The difference , I should say , is this , that , under the Christian dispensation , a soul which does make the best of its spiritual opportunities will , in qualifying for ...
... higher religions , and of Christianity itself , really made ? The difference , I should say , is this , that , under the Christian dispensation , a soul which does make the best of its spiritual opportunities will , in qualifying for ...
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My View of History | 3 |
The Present Point in History | 16 |
Does History Repeat Itself? | 29 |
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