Abstract
The general truth of the contingency of religions may be illustrated from a different aspect in three particular operations that have played a prominent role in their development: the habitation, migration, and fusion of ideal conceptions.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes
L. W. King and R. C. Thompson, Inscriptions of Darius the Great (London, 1907);
F. H. Weissbach and W. Bang, Die altpersischen Keilinschriften (Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1908).
Friedrich Heer, The Intellectual History of Europe, Vol. 1, tr. J. Steinberg (New York: Doubleday, 1966).
Franz Cumont, Lux Perpetua (Paris: P. Geuthner, 1949).
Copyright information
© 1979 Patrick Burke
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Burke, P. (1979). Contingency. In: The Fragile Universe. Library of Philosophy and Religion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04412-2_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04412-2_4
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-04414-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-04412-2
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy CollectionPhilosophy and Religion (R0)