Philosophical Dissertations On the Egyptians And Chinese volume 2
Philosophical Dissertations On the Egyptians And Chinese volume 2
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towns ON THE EGYPTIANS AND CHINESE. 179 towns nor fortreffes, and yet, like the favages of cold countries, were conftantly at war, might fre- quently have found faiety on the high grounds, after having been defeated in the plains, it was therefore natural that they fhould chufe fuch aiylums for ap- proaching as near as poffible to heaven to reiurn thanks or invoke future favors. Local divinities were infenfibly fixed on the mountains, and to them the blood of victims was offered, which had befo...re been refer ved for the fky. The invention of genii, or the phantoms fo called, feems to have followed the worfhip of the ftars and the firmament.
When Father le Comte maintained, in his Memoirs, that the Chinefe had honored the Creator in the moft ancient temple of the univerfe, the Sorbonne, alarmed without reafon, condemned the afTertion *. Yet it is difficult to conceive how the Sorbonne could pre- tend to decide on that point ; becaufe it was merely an hiitorical faSt every way unconnected with the re- ligion of France.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
towns ON THE EGYPTIANS AND CHINESE. 179 towns nor fortreffes, and yet, like the favages of cold countries, were conftantly at war, might fre- quently have found faiety on the high grounds, after having been defeated in the plains, it was therefore natural that they fhould chufe fuch aiylums for ap- proaching as near as poffible to heaven to reiurn thanks or invoke future favors. Local divinities were infenfibly fixed on the mountains, and to them the blood of victims was offered, which had befo...re been refer ved for the fky. The invention of genii, or the phantoms fo called, feems to have followed the worfhip of the ftars and the firmament.
When Father le Comte maintained, in his Memoirs, that the Chinefe had honored the Creator in the moft ancient temple of the univerfe, the Sorbonne, alarmed without reafon, condemned the afTertion *. Yet it is difficult to conceive how the Sorbonne could pre- tend to decide on that point ; becaufe it was merely an hiitorical faSt every way unconnected with the re- ligion of France.
What to read after Philosophical Dissertations On the Egyptians And Chinese volume 2?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Pauw, Cornelius De, 1739-1799 to read onlineMoreLess
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