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... objects . This variety is probably in the minority , in fact . Most of our thoughts deal with abstract or generalised concepts . None of the words in the last sentence , for instance , represent tangible objects , e.g. thoughts , deal ...
... objects . This variety is probably in the minority , in fact . Most of our thoughts deal with abstract or generalised concepts . None of the words in the last sentence , for instance , represent tangible objects , e.g. thoughts , deal ...
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Edward Charles Francis. stones and other immobile objects were alive . Everything was personified . He even talked to things and believed they answered him , as children do still . He was ... objects came to be what we should call sacred 212.
Edward Charles Francis. stones and other immobile objects were alive . Everything was personified . He even talked to things and believed they answered him , as children do still . He was ... objects came to be what we should call sacred 212.
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... objects them- selves were worshipped . Later on it was thought that objects were animated by spirits dwelling in them . I have already suggested how human spirits may have arisen out of the idea of human survival . This may have been ...
... objects them- selves were worshipped . Later on it was thought that objects were animated by spirits dwelling in them . I have already suggested how human spirits may have arisen out of the idea of human survival . This may have been ...
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