Download or read book The Natural History of Superstition Classic Reprint written by John Trenchard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Natural History of Superstition Let us however {tick clofe to Truth. I intend neither to be feduced nor to dazzle my own Eyes by Arguments lefs folid than fpecious. Be'alts in general fpeak little. There are even fome of lo filent a Difpofition, that they won't drop four Words a Day. Such are among thofe we know, Afi'es, Horfes, Oxen, Sheep, and the major Part of the Q1adrupeds. The Reafon 15 very plain. It is becaufe Nature has given thele Animals only a Food fo very flight and eafy to be digefted, that they are incefi'antly obliged to renew it, in order to prevent Hunger, and this takes up mol'c of their Leifure. But in return you mul't own, that there are Animals which fpeak without the leal't Intermifiion. Such are among others the Birds. (and here I beg of you to obferve that it is the Females who fpeak the leali) As the Language of Birds 15, as I may fay, the belt articulated, and the molt fenfible to us, let us take it for an Example. From it you Iball be able to judge of the Language of the other Beafts, by putting be tween them the Differences which are eafily oh ferved 1n each Species. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Natural History of Superstition written by John Trenchard and published by . This book was released on 1709 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NATURAL HIST OF SUPERSTITION written by John 1662-1723 Trenchard and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Superstition written by Robert Green Ingersoll and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Superstitions about Animals Classic Reprint written by Frank Gibson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Superstitions About Animals MY sole object in writing this little book has been to do something towards arousing a more general interest in a subject which has at no time obtained the attention it deserves. Yet there is no subject which so fully repays the thoughtful student as that of Natural History. In bringing together some of the most common superstitions about animals, and dealing with them in a light and popular way, I trust my object will in some measure be attained. If by the publication of this unpretentious work only a little of the prevalent superstition is swept away, and further interest is created in the wonders. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Inventing Superstition written by Dale B. Martin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman author Pliny the Younger characterizes Christianity as “contagious superstition”; two centuries later the Christian writer Eusebius vigorously denounces Greek and Roman religions as vain and impotent “superstitions.” The term of abuse is the same, yet the two writers suggest entirely different things by “superstition.” Dale Martin provides the first detailed genealogy of the idea of superstition, its history over eight centuries, from classical Greece to the Christianized Roman Empire of the fourth century C.E. With illuminating reference to the writings of philosophers, historians, and medical teachers he demonstrates that the concept of superstition was invented by Greek intellectuals to condemn popular religious practices and beliefs, especially the belief that gods or other superhuman beings would harm people or cause disease. Tracing the social, political, and cultural influences that informed classical thinking about piety and superstition, nature and the divine, Inventing Superstition exposes the manipulation of the label of superstition in arguments between Greek and Roman intellectuals on the one hand and Christians on the other, and the purposeful alteration of the idea by Neoplatonic philosophers and Christian apologists in late antiquity. Inventing Superstition weaves a powerfully coherent argument that will transform our understanding of religion in Greek and Roman culture and the wider ancient Mediterranean world.
Download or read book The Struggle Between Science and Superstition Classic Reprint written by Arthur M. Lewis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Struggle Between Science and Superstition This little book is the seventh volume to make its appearance as the result of the lecture courses delivered at the Garrick theater during the last nine years. Its theme is taken from the course of sixteen lectures on the same subject delivered in the season of 1914-15. I trust that this modest narrative will meet with as gen erous a reception as its half dozen predecessors. There is no lack of evidence that in this coun try in the coming years there will be a keen and bitter struggle between the representatives of superstition and the champions of social progress. This little book is intended to serve as a weapon in the hands of the latter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions Classic Reprint written by Carveth Read and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions The volume now published explains in its first part an hypothesis that the human race has descended from some ape-like stock by a series of changes which began and, until recently, were maintained by the practice of hunting in pack for animal food, instead of being content with the fruits and other nutritious products of the tropical forest. The hypothesis occurred to me many years ago, and was first published (in brief) in The Metaphysics of Nature(1805), Chap. XIII., and again in Natural and Social Morals(1909); but all it implied did not become clear until, in lecturing on Comparative Psychology, there was forced upon me the necessity of effecting an intelligible transition from the animal to the human mind, and of not being satisfied to say year after year that hands and brains were plainly so useful that they must have been developed by Natural Selection. Then one day the requisite ideas came to light; and an outline of the hypothesis was read at the Meeting of the British Association (Section H)at Birmingham in 1913, and printed in Man, November 1914. The Council of the Anthropological Institute has kindly consented to my using the substance of that article in the first chapter here following. The article in Man dealt chiefly with the physical changes which our race has undergone. The correlative mental changes were explained in the British Journal of Psychology in an article which supplies the basis of the second chapter of this book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The natural history of infidelity and superstition in contrast with Christian faith written by Joseph Esmond Riddle and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Superstition and Science written by Samuel Roffey Maitland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Superstition and Science: An Essay Revelation some reject Miracles, and think those who believe in them superstitious. Some are willing to admit past Miracles, but ridicule the superstition of those who believe the pos sibility of present or future Miracles. Many who profess to believe in Miracles more gene rally, and to think that what has happened may happen again, consider it necessary to do so under perpetual and earnest protests against being supposed to credit superstitious non sense about sorcery, and witchcraft, and ghosts. Many who acknowledge that there are good and evil spirits in existence, hold it to be weak and superstitious to suppose that their agency is in any way employed in the providential government Of the world, and to Speak of that agency as if it were as much a reality as the acting Of men among themselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Signs Omens and Superstitions Classic Reprint written by Astra Cielo and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Signs, Omens and Superstitions It is an interesting question as to how the many superstitious beliefs and practices had their begin ning. The origin of most of them is no doubt to be found in man's efforts to explain the phe momena of nature, and in an attempt to propitiate an angry deity and to invite a better fortune. From these sources come many of the absurd notions? Still in vogue among primitive people, which have been handed down in modified form to us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Superstition in All Ages written by Jean Meslier and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Superstition in All Ages: A Dying Confession By translating into both the English and German languages Le Bon Sens, containing the Last Will and Testament of the French curate Jean Meslier, Miss Anna Knoop has performed a most useful and meritorious task, and in issuing a new 1 edition of this work, it is but justice to her memory to state that her translation has received the endorsement of our most competent critics. In a letter dated Newburyport, Mass., Sep.23, 1878, Mr. James Parton, the celebrated author, commends Miss Knoop for translating Mesliers book so well, and says that: This work of the honest pastor is the most curious and the most powerful thing of the kind which the last century produced Paine andVoltaire had reserves, but Jean Meslier had none. He keeps nothing back; and yet, after all, the wonder is not that there should have been one priest who left that testimony at 11 his death, but that all priests do not. True, there is a great deal more to be said about religion, which I believe to be an eternal necessity of human nature, but no man has uttered the negative side of the matter with so much candor and completeness as Jean Meslier. The value of the testimony of a catholic priest, who in his last moments recanted the errors of his faith and asked Gods pardon for having taught the catholic religion, was fully appreciated by Voltaire, who highly commended this grand work of Meslier. He voluntarily made every effort to Miss Knoop died Jan.11, 1889. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Superstition written by Robert Green Ingersoll and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Superstition: A Lecture To believe in spite of evidence or without evidence? To account for one mystery by another. To believe that the world is governed by chance or caprice. To disregard the true relation between cause and effect. To put thought, intention and design back of nature. To believe that mind created and controls matter. To believe in force apart from substance, or in sub stance apart from force. To believe in miracles, spells and charms, in dreams and prophecies. To believe in the supernatural. E foundation of superstition is/ ignorance, the is faith and the dome is a vain hope. Superstition IS the child of ignorance and the mother of misery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Studies of Contemporary Superstition Classic Reprint written by W. H. Mallock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Studies of Contemporary Superstition Throughout the present volume, except in the last two Essays, no attempt is made to discredit or even to criticise the destructive Operations of Science. For argument's sake their utmost results are accepted, and all that is done is this. The same method and principles by which men are destroying their old beliefs are applied to the new beliefs by which it is attempted to replace them; and the new are shown in their main features to be even less scien tific than the old - to be vaguer, more inaccurate, more completely at war with all objective evidence, and, because their relationship to such evidence is no doubt nearer and more direct, to be not only unscientific but ridiculous. They are shown to be not superstitions only, but abject superstitions - the hopeless and help less work of men who, as intellectual architects, parody every fault which they condemn as intellectual critics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Story of Superstition Classic Reprint written by Philip F. Waterman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-21 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of Superstition Certainly the Observer would note with amused tolerance the various funeral customs Of the human race. Obviously dead bodies must be somehow disposed Of. Our superhuman student might admire the ingenuity Of men who take the precaution Of burying corpses, thus avoiding the purely physical contamination that putrefaction would bring in its train. But he would raise his eyebrows with a most quizzical expression when there came before his notice the various ceremonial gestures with which the disposal Of the dead is almost invariably accompanied. The savage wails at funerals in certain parts of the world and among certain peoples might be explained by him offhand (although the explana tion would be but a fractional truth) on the basis Of the idea that the survivors had been stricken with grief. But in view Of so naive a theory, would he not be confused when he came to Observe the institution known as the wake, which enjoys a vogue not only in Ireland but in many other sections Of the globe? If conventions appear on the surface to be unreasonable, what shall we say Of that large segment Of human behaviour which is frankly labelled superstition If an average per son wishes to say something good about himself or a friend, he knocks on wood. Why? Why should his remark have any evil effect, and how can the knocking on wood avert that unwelcome consummation? TO say that there is no connexion between the Wood and the flattering statement, and to affirm contemptuously that the timid creature is misguided who takes such precautions whenever he feels the urge to say something pleasant, does not remove the difficulty; for the question still remains: Where do SO many millions Of people get such an idea? Where did the practice originate? What is its story? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ancient Natural History Lore written by Charles Rochester Eastman and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SUPERSTITION A LECTURE written by Robert Green 1833-1899 Ingersoll and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
