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Page ix
... religion : the nature of Evil , the possibility of Progress , the legitimacy of Sacrifice and the recognition of Realities . So I found myself writing the prologue as an explanation , put into the mouth of Satan himself , of whatever ...
... religion : the nature of Evil , the possibility of Progress , the legitimacy of Sacrifice and the recognition of Realities . So I found myself writing the prologue as an explanation , put into the mouth of Satan himself , of whatever ...
Page xiv
... religious delusions ( or what to me seem to be such ) , I grew aware that when religion is no longer able to brandish the temporal sword or threaten social excommunication against the heretic , it yet retains a minor hold upon that ...
... religious delusions ( or what to me seem to be such ) , I grew aware that when religion is no longer able to brandish the temporal sword or threaten social excommunication against the heretic , it yet retains a minor hold upon that ...
Page xviii
... religious creed . As regards suffering I maintain that all the suffering of the war does not fall under the heading of death and wounds , terror , exile and ruin , or even personal anxiety and bereavement . Suffering cannot be easily ...
... religious creed . As regards suffering I maintain that all the suffering of the war does not fall under the heading of death and wounds , terror , exile and ruin , or even personal anxiety and bereavement . Suffering cannot be easily ...
Page xxv
... religious exaltation . If logic is that which corroborates , coerces , nay , produces opinion , then , as was taught by my master Ribot , * the feelings possess a logic of their own , separate from , often opposed to , the logic of fact ...
... religious exaltation . If logic is that which corroborates , coerces , nay , produces opinion , then , as was taught by my master Ribot , * the feelings possess a logic of their own , separate from , often opposed to , the logic of fact ...
Page xxviii
... religion , as in other religions , certain beliefs begin by being the spon- taneous outcome of passion , tradition , circumstances and mutual imitation , until by dint of propaganda and persecution , delusions and superstitions come to ...
... religion , as in other religions , certain beliefs begin by being the spon- taneous outcome of passion , tradition , circumstances and mutual imitation , until by dint of propaganda and persecution , delusions and superstitions come to ...
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