Ten Great Religions eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 690 pages of information about Ten Great Religions.

Ten Great Religions eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 690 pages of information about Ten Great Religions.
  " " regarded chiefly external conduct, 317.
  " " tolerant of questions of opinion, 317.
  " " not a mere copy from Greece, 318.
  " " described by Hegel, 318.
  " " described by Cicero, 317-319.
  " " described by Mommsen, 319.
  " " a polytheism, with monotheism behind it, 320.
  " " deified all events, 321. 
Romans, as a race, whence derived, 319.
  " " belong to the Aryan family, 319.
  " " composed of Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans, 320.
  " " related to the Pelasgi and Celts, 320.
  " their oldest deities, Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan, 320. 
Roman sepulchral monuments, their tone, 346. 
Roman thought and Roman religion opposed, 342. 
Roman worship, very elaborate and minute, 331.
  " " full of festivals, 331.
  " " distinguished between things sacred and profane, 331.
  " " a yoke on the public life of the Romans, 334.
  " " directed by the College of Pontiffs, 334.
  " " chief seat in the Via Sacra, 335.
  " " governed by etiquette, 335.
  " " originally free from idolatry, 336.
  " " acted like a charm, 340. 
Rome, ancient, its legacy to Christianity, 353. 
Runes, Odin’s song of, in the Edda, 368.

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Salii, ancient priests of Mars, 336. 
Sankhya philosophy, 114.
  " founded on two principles, 120.
  " considered atheistic, 120.
  " the basis of Buddhism, 121.
  " a very ancient system, 122. 
Saturnus, Saturn, god of planting, 330. 
Scandinavia, consisting of what regions, 358.
  " surrounded by the sea, 358.
  " its adaptation to the Teutonic race, 359.
  " formerly inhabited by the Cimbri, 360.
  " the home of the Northmen, 361. 
Scandinavian religion, a system of dualism, 362.
  " " war its essential idea, 362.
  " " its virtues, truth, justice, courage, 362. 
Scandinavians, their early history, 355.
  " described by Caesar, 355.
  " described by Tacitus, 356.
  " a branch of the great German family, 357.
  " their language, the Norse and its derivatives, 357.
  " our inheritance from, 358.
  " their manners and institutious, 387.
  " their respect for women, 388.
  " their Scalds, or bards, 388.
  " their maritime expeditions, 389. 
Sea-Kings of Norway, their discoveries, 361. 
Seat of the Scandinavian race, 355. 
Secrecy, the evil in Egyptian religion, 257. 
Semitic races, their character and exploits, 399.
  " " great navigators and discoverers, 399.
  " " identity of their languages,

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