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" ... personal agents, superior to man, behind the visible screen of nature. Obviously, the conception of personal agents is more complex than a simple recognition of the similarity or contiguity of ideas; and a theory which assumes that the course of nature... "
Der Ursprung der Gottesidee: eine historisch-kritische und positive studie ... - Page 512
by Wilhelm Schmidt - 1926 - 510 pages
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The king of the wood. The perils of the soul

James George Frazer - 1900 - 510 pages
...more complex than a simple recognition of the similarity or contiguity of ideas ; and a theory which assumes that the course of nature is determined by...simply by reason of their contiguity or resemblance. The very beasts associate the ideas of things that are like each other or that have been found together...
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Source Book for Social Origins: Ethnological Materials, Psychological ...

William Isaac Thomas - 1909 - 956 pages
...more complex than a simple recognition of the similarity or contiguity of ideas ; and a theory which assumes that the course of nature is determined by...simply by reason of their contiguity or resemblance. The very beasts associate the ideas of things that are like each other or that have been found together...
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Man, Volume 14

1914 - 286 pages
...theory the conception of personal agents is "more complex," " more abstruse and recondite, and reqnires for its apprehension a far higher degree " of intelligence...simply " by reason of their contiguity or resemblance," and the great change from magic — which is founded on this latter conception — to religion —...
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An Encyclopaedia of Religions

Maurice Arthur Canney - 1921 - 416 pages
...of Ideae; and a theory which assumes that the course of nature Is determined by conscious agents ts more abstruse and recondite, and requires for Its...simply by reason of their contiguity or resemblance." AC Haddon, and fimile Durkheim. MAGICAL PRAYERS AND NAMES. Papyri discovered In recent years have revealed...
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Early Civilization: An Introduction to Anthropology

Alexander Goldenweiser - 1922 - 476 pages
...more complex than a simple recognition of the similarity or contiguity of ideas; and a theory which assumes that the course of nature is determined by...simply by reason of their contiguity or resemblance. The very beasts associate the ideas of things that are like each other or that have been found together...
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Primitive Man: His Essential Quest

John Murphy - 1927 - 366 pages
...more complex than a simple recognition of the similarity or contiguity of ideas ; and a theory which assumes that the course of nature is determined by...simply by reason of their contiguity or resemblance.' l It is perfectly clear how, with this advanced conception of religion, Sir James could assert that...
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Man, God and Immortality: Thoughts on Human Progress

James George Frazer - 1927 - 468 pages
...more complex than a simple recognition of the similarity or contiguity of ideas ; and a theory which assumes that the course of nature is determined by...simply by reason of their contiguity or resemblance. The very beasts associate the ideas of things that are like each other or that have been found together...
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Theories of Religion: A Reader

Seth Daniel Kunin, Jonathan Miles-Watson - 2006 - 534 pages
...more complex than a simple recognition of the similarity or contiguity of ideas; and a theory which assumes that the course of nature is determined by...simply by reason of their contiguity or resemblance. The very beasts associate the ideas of things that are like each other or that have been found together...
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Man, Volumes 13-14

1913 - 500 pages
...an Age of Magic?" On Professor Frazer's theory the conception of personal agents is "more complex," "more abstruse and recondite, and requires for its...simply " by reason of their contiguity or resemblance," and the great change from magic — which is founded on this latter conception — to religion —...
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