The European and Asiatic Races: Observations on the Paper Read by John Crawfurd, Esq., F.R.S. Before the Ethnological Society on February 13th, 1866, Volum 11Trübner, 1866 - 32 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... virtue or morality . " Mr. Rawlinson says , " that in their ( Zoroasterian ) system , truth , purity , piety , and industry were the virtues chiefly valued and inculcated . " Coming down to the latest times , the Parsee children are ...
... virtue or morality . " Mr. Rawlinson says , " that in their ( Zoroasterian ) system , truth , purity , piety , and industry were the virtues chiefly valued and inculcated . " Coming down to the latest times , the Parsee children are ...
Pàgina 12
... virtue of the Hindus . * Arrian also describes the Hindus as truthful , saying , " and indeed none of the In- dians were ever accused of that crime ( falsehood ) . " + Coming down to later times , Abool Fazil , the celebrated Mahom ...
... virtue of the Hindus . * Arrian also describes the Hindus as truthful , saying , " and indeed none of the In- dians were ever accused of that crime ( falsehood ) . " + Coming down to later times , Abool Fazil , the celebrated Mahom ...
Pàgina 15
... virtue are valued among the Hindus . Dr. Goldstucker kindly writes to me to say , that in Rigveda and Jagurved " the necessity of speaking truth and avoiding untruth is emphasised in the most beautiful language , but unfortunately there ...
... virtue are valued among the Hindus . Dr. Goldstucker kindly writes to me to say , that in Rigveda and Jagurved " the necessity of speaking truth and avoiding untruth is emphasised in the most beautiful language , but unfortunately there ...
Pàgina 16
... virtue , that supreme spirit , which thou believest one and the same with thyself , resides in thy bosom perpetually , and is an all - knowing inspector of thy goodness or of thy wickedness . Par . 92. If thou beest not at variance , by ...
... virtue , that supreme spirit , which thou believest one and the same with thyself , resides in thy bosom perpetually , and is an all - knowing inspector of thy goodness or of thy wickedness . Par . 92. If thou beest not at variance , by ...
Pàgina 20
... virtue , as I have already shown , but even a power , and repre- sented it so in the drama , cannot be charged with such degradation . Damayante , on being insulted by a hunter in the forest , uttered loud her curse of wrath : - - " As ...
... virtue , as I have already shown , but even a power , and repre- sented it so in the drama , cannot be charged with such degradation . Damayante , on being insulted by a hunter in the forest , uttered loud her curse of wrath : - - " As ...
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Abool Fazil ancient Arabs Ardai Viraf Aryan race Asia ASIATIC RACES authority bad governments bigamy boast of higher Bombay century Chap chivalry circumstances classes commercial integrity comparison Concan conse countries Crawfurd tells Crawfurd's conclusion Crawfurd's paper Crawfurd's statement DADABHAI NAOROJI distinct races educated English Englishmen ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY ethnologists Europe EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC evil extracts fact falsehood faults female foreign gentlemen gives false evidence Goldstucker Greek testimony Herodotus Horace Wilson husband ignorance Iliad immorality inferior Institutes of Menu JOHN CRAWFURD judge knowledge language Lastly Let him say Mahommedans Malcolm thinks modern Parsees morality natives of India observation old civili opinion ordinance of Zoroaster Persian Poets Persians physical character physiognomy Picts polygamy present punishment Ques religion religious literature remarks Report of Select rulers Sanscrit Shanaméh Sir John Malcolm speak speech spirit Strabo thou translations truth Vedas vigour virtue whole nation witness words
Passatges populars
Pàgina 8 - The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all...
Pàgina 14 - In some cases, a giver of false evidence from a pious motive, even though he know the truth, shall not lose a seat in heaven : such evidence wise men call the speech of the gods.
Pàgina 16 - O friend to virtue ! that supreme Spirit, which thou believest one and the same with thyself, resides in thy bosom perpetually, and is an all-knowing inspector of thy goodness or of thy wickedness.
Pàgina 16 - Naked and shorn, tormented with hunger and thirst, and deprived of sight, shall the man who gives false evidence, go with a potsherd to beg food at the door of his enemy.
Pàgina 15 - LET a man continually take pleasure in truth, in justice, in laudable practices, and in purity; let him chastise those, whom he may chastise, in a legal mode ; let him keep in subjection his speech, his arm, and his appetite : 176. Wealth and pleasures, repugnant to law, let him shun ; and even lawful acts, which may cause future pain, or be offensive to mankind.
Pàgina 16 - The soul itself is its own witness; the soul itself is its own refuge: offend not thy conscious soul, the supreme internal witness of men!
Pàgina 8 - I can venture to affirm, without meaning to pluck a leaf from the never-fading laurels of our immortal Newton, that the whole of his theology and part of his philosophy may be found in the Vedas...
Pàgina 20 - On whatever houses the women of a family, not being duly honoured, pronounce an imprecation, those houses, with all that belong to them, utterly perish, as if destroyed by a sacrifice for the death of an enemy.
Pàgina 16 - ... 81. A witness, who gives testimony with truth, shall attain exalted seats of beatitude above, and the highest fame here below : such testimony is revered by BRAHMA' himself; 82. The witness who speaks falsely, shall be fast bound under water, in the snaky cords of VARUNA, and be wholly deprived of power to escape torment during a hundred transmigrations : let mankind, therefore, give no false testimony.
Pàgina 11 - They hold it unlawful to talk of anything which it is unlawful to do. The most disgraceful thing in the world, they think, is to tell a lie; the next worst, to owe a debt: because, among other reasons, the debtor is obliged to tell lies.