Excerpt from Upa-Sastr Comments, Linguistic and Doctrinal, on Sacred and Mythic Literature IT is designed to write a work, treating of, and explain ing, the nature of Sacred and of semi-sacred, or Mythic Literature; to explain in what respect they differ from other and ordinary productions of the human mind; to enquire into the claims advocated for the. Sacred Scriptures of various nations, that such Scriptures are inspired7 or God given; if God-given, 'to endeavour to ascertain why, for, in stance, the doctrines of Vedic ...
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Excerpt from Upa-Sastr Comments, Linguistic and Doctrinal, on Sacred and Mythic Literature IT is designed to write a work, treating of, and explain ing, the nature of Sacred and of semi-sacred, or Mythic Literature; to explain in what respect they differ from other and ordinary productions of the human mind; to enquire into the claims advocated for the. Sacred Scriptures of various nations, that such Scriptures are inspired7 or God given; if God-given, 'to endeavour to ascertain why, for, in stance, the doctrines of Vedic, Puranic, Biblical, and other sacred literature are so often irreconcilable with the facts of modern science and the deductions of enlightened reason. Taking it as granted that the statements made in God given writings must be absolutely true, however anomalous they may appear to the natural mind, the work will proceed to establish to the apprehension, the truth of the aphorism, so popular in the East, to the effect, that the Sruti -or Sacred Scriptures take no direct cognizance [of the. Affairs of outer life 5 and thence bringing forth from that literature confirmation, that it is true in its own domain, the Sou-1 further, that it is equally true in respect of physical science and, that the Deity Speaks through it to men Who may thus learn, if their comprehensions will allow them, the secret nature of things, whether pertaining to the life of earth or of heaven. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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