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A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe
A History of the Intellectual Development of Europe Author:John William Draper General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1863 Original Publisher: Harper Subjects: Europe History / General History / Europe / General History / World History / Civilization Literary Criticism / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be... more » typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: INDIAN AND EGYPTIAN INFLUENCES. 41 CHAPTER III. DIGRESSION ON HINDU THEOLOGY AND EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION. Comparative Tlwology of India; its Phase of Sorcery; its Anthropocentric Phase. Vedaism the Contemplation of Matter, or Adoration of Nature, set forth in the Vedas and Institntes of Menu. -- The Universe is God. -- Transmntation of the World. -- Doctrine of Emanation. -- Transmigration. -- Absorption. -- Penitential Services. -- The Happiness of absolnte Quietude. Buddhism the Contemplation of Force. -- The supreme impersonal Power. -- Nature of the World -- of Man. -- The Passage of every thing to Nonentity. -- Development ofBuddhism into a vast monastic System marked by intense Selfishness. -- Its practical Godlessness. Egypt a mysterious Country to the old Europeans. -- Its History, great public Works, and for. eign Relations -- its Fall. -- Antiquity of iis Civilization and Art. -- Its Philosophy,, hieroglyphic Literature, and peculiar Agriculture. Rise of Civilization in rainless Countries. -- Geography, Geology, and Topography of Egypt. -- The Inundations of the Nile lead to Astronomy. Comparative Theology of Egypt. -- Animal Worship, Star Worship. -- Impersonatwn of Divine Attribntes -- Pantheism. -- The Trinities of Egypt. -- Incarnation. -- Redemption. -- Future Judgment. -- Trial of the Dead. -- Rituals and Ceremonies. At this stage of our investigation of European intellectual development, it will be proper to consider b...« less