Morals in Evolution;: A Study in Comparative Ethics,.Chapman & Hall, 1906 |
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action Ahuramazda Analects animism animistic anthropomorphic Aristotle attributes basis becomes belief benevolence Bhikkhus Brahmanic Buddhist cause character Christian conceived conception conduct Confucius consciousness cult curse custom dead death deity demons distinct divine doctrine duty earth Egyptian elements Epictetus Erinyes ethical evil fact faith feeling forgiveness function gods Golden Bough Gratian Greek happiness Heaven higher honour human nature ideal ideas individual influence judgment justice Kaou king live magical mankind Manu means Mencius merely method mind modern monotheism moral object offender personality philosopher pleasure polytheism primitive principle Ptah punishment question rational recognized regarded relation religious righteousness rule sacrifice savage sense sins social society Socrates soul spirit spiritual religions stage Stoicism supreme sympathetic magic taboo teaching theory things thou thought true truth Tylor Upanishads Vinaya virtue whole worship Zend Avesta Zeus
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Page 122 - Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Page 140 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the...
Page 125 - Behold, all souls are Mine ; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine : the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 124 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 120 - And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Page 121 - Now if Thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of Thee will speak, saying, Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which He sware unto them, therefore He hath slain them in the wilderness.
Page 112 - Just, Vasettha, as a mighty trumpeter makes himself heard — and that without difficulty — in all the four directions; even so of all things that have shape or life, there is not one that he passes by or leaves aside, but regards them all with mind set free, and deep-felt pity, sympathy, and equanimity. 'Verily this, Vasettha, is the way to a state of union with Brahma.
Page 112 - And he lets his mind pervade one quarter of the world with thoughts of pity, sympathy, and equanimity, and so the second, and so the third, and so the fourth. And thus the whole wide world, above, below, around, and everywhere, does he continue to pervade with heart of pity, sympathy, and equanimity, far-reaching, grown great, and beyond measure.
Page 171 - I say that all men have a mind which cannot bear to see the sufferings of others, my meaning may be illustrated thus: — even now-a-days, if men suddenly see a child about to fall into a well, they will without exception experience a feeling of alarm and distress. They •will feel so, not...
Page 167 - With what then will you recompense kindness ? Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.