Telliamed, or the World Explain'd: Containing Discourses Between an Indian Philospher and a Missionary, on the Diminution of the Sea, the Formation of ... Origin of Men and Animals (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda
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Excerpt from Telliamed, or the World Explain'd: Containing Discourses Between an Indian Philospher and a Missionary, on the Diminution of the Sea, the Formation of the Earth, the Origin of Men and Animals
The nature and origin of our Globe have not been lo well treated of by any other author; with refpe€l to its origin, among the various opinions, which in all ages have divided mankind, all have agreed, that there was a period in which the world began to be 1 inhabited whether it was from eternity, as Tome of the ancient philofophers maintained, or whether it began to exill in time, as reafon and religion induce us to believe this. The human judgment has not as yet penetrated ih to. Religion in fume, in others the prejudice of education, and in all, the obfcurity of the fill) jeé't, hinder them from carrying their refearches farther. If 'fome ancient philofophers, and even' learned nations, have pretended to explain 'the manner in which this univerfe was formed, the ages in which they lived have feen that they only fpread fables and romances under their molt fubtile lyfiems, and molt myfterious allegories.
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Excerpt from Telliamed, or the World Explain'd: Containing Discourses Between an Indian Philospher and a Missionary, on the Diminution of the Sea, the Formation of the Earth, the Origin of Men and Animals
The nature and origin of our Globe have not been lo well treated of by any other author; with refpe€l to its origin, among the various opinions, which in all ages have divided mankind, all have agreed, that there was a period in which the world began to be 1 inhabited whether it was from eternity, as Tome of the ancient philofophers maintained, or whether it began to exill in time, as reafon and religion induce us to believe this. The human judgment has not as yet penetrated ih to. Religion in fume, in others the prejudice of education, and in all, the obfcurity of the fill) jeé't, hinder them from carrying their refearches farther. If 'fome ancient philofophers, and even' learned nations, have pretended to explain 'the manner in which this univerfe was formed, the ages in which they lived have feen that they only fpread fables and romances under their molt fubtile lyfiems, and molt myfterious allegories.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.
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