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(LARGE PRINT EDITION) In Two Volumes.

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Excerpt from The Evolution of Morality, Vol. 2 I The Modern Religion of Humanity The grand-etre of Auguste Comte, Moral Principles of Positivism, Positivism and Buddhism, Con¿ict between the Egoistic Instincts and the Sentiment, The great Defect in Positivism, the subordination of the Individual to the Race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com Th...

Excerpt from The Development of Marriage and Kinship A general work on the structure of the earliest human societies. This work would have been of the utmost importance, and it is to be hoped that it will not be wholly lost to science. In its absence I may be allowed to bring forward the result of my own enquiries, which go over much the same ground as Dr m'lennan's, although probably he would have rejected many of my conclusions as differing...

Excerpt from The Evolution of Morality, Vol. 1: Being a History of the Development of Moral Culture Before entering on the consideration of the process by which man has come to recognise certain fixed principles, according to which it is necessary that his moral con duct should be guided it is advisable to examine some what at large the opinions hitherto held on this subject. Prof. Whewell, in his preface to Mackintosh's Dissertation on the P...

Excerpt from Serpent-Worship, and Other Essays: With a Chapters on Totemism The lines of development of the religious faiths of mankind have been aptly termed by major-general Forlong Rivers of Life. The streams of faiths are marvellously depicted by this writer in a chart which shows the rise and fall of the various religious ideas, mythologies, and rites which have at any time prevailed among nations. This chart ingeniously shows, more over...

Charles Staniland Wake (1835-1910) was a British anthropologist. His works include: Serpent-worship and Other Essays (1886), The Evolution of Morality (1878), The Origin and Significance of the Great Pyramid (1882) and The Development of Marriage and Kinship (1889).

Serpent worship exists in almost all countries that have snakes. This well researched book looks at the way snakes had come to shape early beliefs. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...