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The Origin and Development of Religious Belief, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
The Origin and Development of Religious Belief Vol 1 - Classic Reprint Author:S. Baring-Gould POLYTHEISM AND MONOTHEISM — CHAPTER I — TIJE SEAT OF THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT — The doctrine of the Correlation of Force-The planes of existence-The individual spontaneous force lifts from one to the other-Mode of cellular growth-Functions of the spontaneous force-Differentiation of cellular action-Nervous apparatus-Keflex, consensual, and intellige... more »nt action-Nervous structure in man-Tho horaologues in lower organism9 -The functions of the cerebral ganglia-Mental action a resolution of force-Ideas arc formed hy force becoming latent-Instinct-The seat of the emotions-Tho scat of tho intelligence-The importance of the feelings-The feelings are the social organ, the intellect is the individual organ-The co-ordination of intellect and feelings is the province of religion.
FORCE is that winch produces or resists motion.1 It is indestructible. When it has ceased to exhibit itself in one form, it has not ceased to be, but it has assumed expression in some other form.
A force cannot originate
Table of Contents
CONTENTS; CHAPTER I; THE SEAT OF THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT; The doctrine of the Correlation of Force-The planes of existence-The individual spontaneous force lifts from one to the other-Mode of cellular growth-Functions of the spontaneous force-Differentiation of cellular action-Nervous apparatus-Reflex, consensual, and intelligent action-JNervous structure in man-The homologies in lower organisms-The functions of the cerebral ganglia-Mental action a resolution of force - Ideas are formed by force becoming latent;- Instinct-The seat of the emotions-The seat of the intelligence-The importance of the feelings-The feelings are the social organ, the intellect is the individual organ-The co-ordination of intellect and feelings i3 the province of religion Page 1; CHAPTER II; THE RELIGIOUS INSTINCTS; Difference between inorganic and organic substances-Mode in which life functionates-« less