The Nature of Man: Studies in Optimistic PhilosophyG. P. Putnam's sons, 1905 - 309 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 50
Page xiv
... conception of immortality in Taoism - The persistence of the soul in the Buddhist religion - The paradise of the Chinese Buddhists - Ancestors worshipped as gods - Influence of religious faith on the fear of death - Pessimism of the ...
... conception of immortality in Taoism - The persistence of the soul in the Buddhist religion - The paradise of the Chinese Buddhists - Ancestors worshipped as gods - Influence of religious faith on the fear of death - Pessimism of the ...
Page 3
... conceptions on actual life and on art— Reaction of the Reformation against the degradation of human nature - Mutilation of the human body by primitive races NOTWITHSTANDING the real advance made by science , expressions of ...
... conceptions on actual life and on art— Reaction of the Reformation against the degradation of human nature - Mutilation of the human body by primitive races NOTWITHSTANDING the real advance made by science , expressions of ...
Page 4
... conception of the universe and of man . It is no new thing to ask if there be nothing but faith to control human conduct and to lead mankind towards universal happiness . Men of science and philosophers , in many ages , have thought ...
... conception of the universe and of man . It is no new thing to ask if there be nothing but faith to control human conduct and to lead mankind towards universal happiness . Men of science and philosophers , in many ages , have thought ...
Page 5
... conception was a dominant factor in ancient Greek life and civilisation . The adoration of Man embraced the human body , and led to the despising of every mode of tampering with the natural body . Thus , for instance , shaving * of the ...
... conception was a dominant factor in ancient Greek life and civilisation . The adoration of Man embraced the human body , and led to the despising of every mode of tampering with the natural body . Thus , for instance , shaving * of the ...
Page 6
... conception of the good , while Aristotle , Plato's pupil , held a contrary opinion . For the latter pleasure was the natural motive of human action , and its attainment was associated as intimately with the perfect life as beauty and ...
... conception of the good , while Aristotle , Plato's pupil , held a contrary opinion . For the latter pleasure was the natural motive of human action , and its attainment was associated as intimately with the perfect life as beauty and ...
Common terms and phrases
abortion according amongst ancestors ancient animals annihilation anthropoid apes appearance arterial sclerosis become believe blood brain Buddha Buddhist cæcum cells century chimpanzee civilised Coleoptera conception condition consciousness corpuscles creatures Darwin dead developed digestive disease disharmony doctrine ephemerids evil existence fact fear of death female fertilisation flowers fossorial fossorial wasps function gorilla hair happiness harmony human body human nature human race hymen idea immortality insects instance knowledge known large intestine larvæ live macrophags male mammals marriage matter membrane menstruation ment microbes monkeys morality natural death nectar Nirvâna normal occur old age onanism orchids organisation pain Paris perfect pessimistic phagocytes philosophy pollen pollinia possible primitive problem produced progress question regarded religion reproductive rudimentary organs Schopenhauer sensation serum sexual social instinct soul species spermatozoa Taoists teeth theory tion Tolstoi useless vanilla vermiform appendage wasps wisdom teeth women young
Popular passages
Page 293 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 163 - For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Page 293 - ... then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Page 162 - LORD empty: every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
Page 280 - Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Page 13 - I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Page 291 - Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion ; during which the matter passes from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity ; and during •which the retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation.
Page 177 - tis not in The harmony of things, — this hard decree, This uneradicable taint of sin, This boundless upas, this all-blasting tree...
Page 84 - Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die...
Page 226 - I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.