Contributions to the History of the Development of the Human Race: Lectures and DissertationsTrübner & Company, 1880 - 156 страници |
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... ancient literature have exercised and are still exercising — thereby , at the same time , bearing an elevating testimony to the immortality of the crea- tions of the human mind , even beyond the life of the language in which they are ...
... ancient literature have exercised and are still exercising — thereby , at the same time , bearing an elevating testimony to the immortality of the crea- tions of the human mind , even beyond the life of the language in which they are ...
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Lectures and Dissertations Lazarus Geiger Alfred Geiger. formation . Accordingly the writings of ancient times are no longer mere literary productions for us to enjoy , and to enjoy so much the better the nearer they come to our own time ...
Lectures and Dissertations Lazarus Geiger Alfred Geiger. formation . Accordingly the writings of ancient times are no longer mere literary productions for us to enjoy , and to enjoy so much the better the nearer they come to our own time ...
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... ancient and not under- stood ; they conceal some deep mysterious meaning ; how and when may they have originated ? Here the problem of the formation of myths , of the origin of faiths , the solution of which has only just begun LANGUAGE ...
... ancient and not under- stood ; they conceal some deep mysterious meaning ; how and when may they have originated ? Here the problem of the formation of myths , of the origin of faiths , the solution of which has only just begun LANGUAGE ...
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... ancient , Homer and the Bible included , appears almost modern . The French expedition to Egypt under Napoleon I. had an importance for European science similar to that which Alexander's to the East had it gave rise to the investigation ...
... ancient , Homer and the Bible included , appears almost modern . The French expedition to Egypt under Napoleon I. had an importance for European science similar to that which Alexander's to the East had it gave rise to the investigation ...
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... ancient nucleus from subsequent commentaries . Far less important , but interesting as the solution of a problem which seemed almost impossible to be solved , is the decipherment of the Persian cunei- form writing . On a precipitate ...
... ancient nucleus from subsequent commentaries . Far less important , but interesting as the solution of a problem which seemed almost impossible to be solved , is the decipherment of the Persian cunei- form writing . On a precipitate ...
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