Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought

Fiction & Literature, Classics
Cover of the book Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought by Herbert Stanley Redgrove, Release Date: November 27, 2011
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Herbert Stanley Redgrove ISBN: 9782819930785
Publisher: Release Date: November 27, 2011 Publication: November 27, 2011
Imprint: pubOne.info Language: English
Author: Herbert Stanley Redgrove
ISBN: 9782819930785
Publisher: Release Date: November 27, 2011
Publication: November 27, 2011
Imprint: pubOne.info
Language: English
THESE Excursions in the Byways of Thought were undertaken at different times and on different occasions; consequently, the reader may be able to detect in them inequalities of treatment. He may feel that I have lingered too long in some byways and hurried too rapidly through others, taking, as it were, but a general view of the road in the latter case, whilst examining everything that could be seen in the former with, perhaps, undue care. As a matter of fact, how ever, all these excursions have been undertaken with one and the same object in view, that, namely, of understanding aright and appreciating at their true worth some of the more curious byways along which human thought has travelled. It is easy for the superficial thinker to dismiss much of the thought of the past (and, indeed, of the present) as mere superstition, not worth the trouble of investigation: but it is not scientific. There is a reason for every belief, even the most fantastic, and it should be our object to discover this reason. How far, if at all, the reason in any case justifies us in holding a similar belief is, of course, another question
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
THESE Excursions in the Byways of Thought were undertaken at different times and on different occasions; consequently, the reader may be able to detect in them inequalities of treatment. He may feel that I have lingered too long in some byways and hurried too rapidly through others, taking, as it were, but a general view of the road in the latter case, whilst examining everything that could be seen in the former with, perhaps, undue care. As a matter of fact, how ever, all these excursions have been undertaken with one and the same object in view, that, namely, of understanding aright and appreciating at their true worth some of the more curious byways along which human thought has travelled. It is easy for the superficial thinker to dismiss much of the thought of the past (and, indeed, of the present) as mere superstition, not worth the trouble of investigation: but it is not scientific. There is a reason for every belief, even the most fantastic, and it should be our object to discover this reason. How far, if at all, the reason in any case justifies us in holding a similar belief is, of course, another question

More books from Release Date: November 27, 2011

Cover of the book The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book North of Boston by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book A Man of Business by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book Masterman Ready by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book The Pony Rider Boys in Texas Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book Old Mother West Wind by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book Tell England A Study in a Generation by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book The Gorgeous Girl by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book The Description of Wales by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book Bob, Son of Battle by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
Cover of the book Beyond by Herbert Stanley Redgrove
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy