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TABLE OF CONTENTS

z INTRODUCTION.

{ ENDNOTES

z THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RELIGION.

{ SECTION I. THAT POLYTHEISM WAS THE PRIMARY RELIGION OF MEN.

{ SECTION II. ORIGIN OF POLYTHEISM.

{ SECTION III. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.

{ SECTION IV. DEITIES NOT CONSIDERED AS CREATORS OR FORMERS OF

THE WORLD.

{ SECTION V. VARIOUS FORMS OF POLYTHEISM: ALLEGORY, HERO-

WORSHIP.

{ SECTION VI. ORIGIN OF THEISM FROM POLYTHEISM.

{ SECTION VII. CONFIRMATION OF THIS DOCTRINE.

{ SECTION VIII. FLUX AND REFLUX OF POLYTHEISM AND THEISM.

{ SECTION IX. COMPARISON OF THESE RELIGIONS WITH REGARD TO

PERSECUTION AND TOLERATION.

{ SECTION X. WITH REGARD TO COURAGE OR ABASEMENT.

{ SECTION XI. WITH REGARD TO REASON OR ABSURDITY.

{ SECTION XII. WITH REGARD TO DOUBT OR CONVICTION.

{ SECTION XIII. IMPIOUS CONCEPTIONS OF THE DIVINE NATURE IN

POPULAR RELIGIONS OF BOTH KINDS.

{ SECTION XIV. BAD INFLUENCE OF POPULAR RELIGIONS ON MORALITY.

{ SECTION XV. GENERAL COROLLARY.

{ ENDNOTES

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