James G. Frazer Quotes

By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.
James G. Frazer

Even the recognition of an individual whom we see every day is only possible as the result of an abstract idea of him formed by generalization from his appearances in the past.
James G. Frazer

The man of science, like the man of letters, is too apt to view mankind only in the abstract, selecting in his consideration only a single side of our complex and many-sided being.
James G. Frazer

The moral world is as little exempt as the physical world from the law of ceaseless change, of perpetual flux.
James G. Frazer

The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed.
James G. Frazer

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James G. Frazer Quotes

Type: Scientist Quotes Category: Scottish Scientist Quotes Date of Birth: January 1, 1854 Date of Death: May 7, 1941 Nationality: Scottish Find on Amazon: James G. Frazer Related Authors: Arthur Keith Robert Fortune Joseph Hume David Gill William Robertson Smith James W. Black James Lind Hugh Miller	By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life. James G. Frazer Even the recognition of an individual whom we see every day is only possible as the result of an abstract idea of him formed by generalization from his appearances in the past. James G. Frazer The man of science, like the man of letters, is too apt to view mankind only in the abstract, selecting in his consideration only a single side of our complex and many-sided being. James G. Frazer The moral world is as little exempt as the physical world from the law of ceaseless change, of perpetual flux. James G. Frazer The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed. James G. Frazer