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    
"The Philosophy and Significance of Idol Worship'
  
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   

  

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  - 
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  - 
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 
               
        “The Philosophy and Significance of Idol Worship'
               '   
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'    '', '  ', '   ', ''  '  '
           
        -       
  ,                
                
-   
 
  .................................................................................................................. 2
 ................................................................................................................................. 4
   ............................................................................................................... 4
     ......................................................................................... 5
    ....................................................................................................... 6
   ............................................................................................................... 6
-       ................................................................. 8
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    ............................................................................................................ 8
       .................................................................................. 9
   ................................................................................................................... 9
    ......................................................................................................... 10
      ................................................................................... 11
          .............................................................. 11
    ............................................................................................................. 11
     ................................................................................................... 12
   ........................................................................................................... 12
     ...................................................................................................... 13
    .......................................................................................................... 14
 .......................................................................................................................... 15
 .................................................................................................................................. 16
   ................................................................................................................... 17

   ............................................................................................................ 19
 ............................................................................................................................... 20
   .............................................................................................................. 22

                 
   —             
  -              
             
         ,        

  
                
                    
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-       -   ,        
       , , , , ,      
            --     
                 
       ,       ,    
                
     
           ,      -"  ! 
     ,      ”
                 
               
         -    — “
         "
            ,      
             
, , ,        —    ;    
     ,           ,    ,
       
    
     -     ''  , 
        ,      
 , ,  ,  ,  ,       
   ,  ,          
            
    ,    ,    ,   
,  ,   , ,  , -,   ,   
          
 -   , -     ,     
  , ' '        S  S    
' '  ''    -        
             
  ;       ,        
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       ( )         
                  
               
   
              
             ,     
 
        ;  —  ,  ,  ,  ,
             -      
   -               
               
                   
                      
                   
                      
                  
            ,      
         ,        
    -              
  
                
                  
;                   ,
         '         
    ,          , , , ,
,       
  
              , ,
      -          
   —                
         ,              
-    
 -              -
     -         ,   
      
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               
    ,         
       ;          
        ,    
                  
   ,         (), , , , , ,
                   
                    
                  
           
              -  
    -       ,   ;   
                 ,    
    
           ,          
,                 
               :
" "-    ,           
                  
  
        .        , 
,  , , ,  ,  , ,  ,  ,   
 
               
  —     , , ,      
           ,       
              , , 
       
                 
  ,                 , 
                ,   
                 ,     
          ,       ,   
 ,                 , 
         
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     ,          
, , ,   ,   ,          
          ,             
             ,     
- , , , , , , —           
          ;          
      
-      
            
          ,           
              
 , , , , , , ,      
                 -
                   
               , 
  
              
                
                 
   
                   
                 
            ,      
              --  
    
           ,    
     ,               
   
               
                 
                   
  ,                ?
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      
       ,         
                    ,
                
                    
            
                 
      -       ,    ? 
      ,     -        
  ,    ,     ?         , 
      ?      ..     
       ,           
              -    
             ?
        - ',        
    ?"            ?       
   ? ,                 
   
              ,  
     ,              
            
    ,             
  -        - “        
   "                 
        ,             
   ,          -   
   "     "       
  - "         ()      -
   ”              
         ,           
              
         !
  
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        ,      ,  
                  ; 
              ;      
                     
                   
  ,                 
         
                
     (),           ,   
               
              ,     
    ;               
    
       ,     — “     
                  
"            - "  ! 
 ,  ,            
      ,        
          "            ,
                   
    
  
-              
            ,     
       ,          -
                 
   ,    ( )            
  -       ,       
 .                 
  -               ( ), ,
, ,  , , -,  ( ),  ,   
,               -  
            -    
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         ,         ,  
, , , ,               
           ,      
                    
                  
                
     
                
  ,             - 
 
           ,      
              , ,
             ,     
          
         
                
  ,                
                 
                  
                ,     
                -   , 
          ,        
                  
                  ,  
             ,     ,
             ,  ,  ,  
                   
     ,    
   
       ,         
                 
                    
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              
                    
                    
                   
    
                 ' ' 
'                   
   " ,               
,       "            
                   
      
          ,       
                   
                   
   
               
        ,            
      ,             
       -           
                  
                  
                   
          ,       
                   
              
  
                 
     ,          , ,
                 
         ,         
                  
 -       , ,      
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      ;          
                   
             
      ,         , 
  ,             
               
    ;               
      ,   -“        ” 
                
                 – “  
             "       
                 
;        - -"    "
               -  
,                    
                   
                   , 
                     
                  
                 -  
                    
     --    
                 
     ,         ' '    
        ,            
                
    
    —             
                 
            -      
  ,             
-    ,    
                
                  
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                    
            ,   
          ,     
         ,          
                 
  -, -,         ,  , ,  ,
, , ,   ,   , , , , , ,       
                 ,      
           
                
       ,       
     
   
           ?        
           ,       -
        ;         
                  
 -              , 
,    ,      ,         
   ,            ,   ,
  ,  - “    ,     ,     
   ?              
”      ( )          ,    
                
  ,        
                
               ,    
                  
      ,  , , ,  — 
      ,             
    -  ,         
                  
                  
   ,               
   ,       
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
                 
                
 -               ,    
      -            
                
     ,          ,  '
'       
         ,   -   
,             
   -  -       
                
             -    
       ,              
                   , 
    ,       
       ,       
                 
                 
 
                   
  , , ,            

   !             
         ,         
          ,    
         ,     ,     
          
         ;       
                 
      -            
         !
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
      -         
                
                  
    ,             -
               
       ,         
                
, ,             ,    
              ,       , 
                ,  ,
             
 
               
                 
             ,     
 ,         ,        
                    
         
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              
       
               ( 
     )              
               
                    
   ,     ,    ,     ,
                  
                    
 
  
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       , ,       , ,
,        ,           
         -, , ,        
                   
                 ( 
)     ,            
           
             ,   
               ,  
                    
                  
 
         ,   -    
                   
                  
         ,        
     ,              
        (   )  ,     
        ,              
   (    , ,    -   )    
        ,         
 
                  
                 
             -    
                    ,
  '                
         
       - ,          
                  
                  
    ,                
            ,     
                  
            
              
                   
 - -                  
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      ,           
               

       - ,          
                  
                  
    ,                
            ,     
                  
            
              
       ,    ,       

    , ,            
               
   
              
    
               
  —“ !    -    ,     
      ”     
              
                  
         —“ !      
            "
                
        
                 
      ,       ,     
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                 
              ,     
               

             -  
    ,          -
                 
  -
"   ,
 - ”
  , , , ,         
                  
    ,                 
,                  
              ,   
           
         ,       
              
                
         ,            
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                 
 
       —“     ”    
              ,   ,
  – “               
  ”           ,    
                
               •  
   , , , ,  ,      
 ,                 
                
          ;       
                
 
                 
                    
                    
                 
       !
                  ,
         !
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  
        -        
  -             -     
                  
                 - ' ,
 ,           -        
                    
   '
         '         
    -                
              
                   
          – “  ,        ,
                 ”
        ;    
                  
                  
                   
        ?       ,      
   -               
                  ,  
                 
                   — “, 
  ,  "
 - “!          ,      
;       ,       ?      
   ?   ”
 - “ ,              
                ,     
                    
  ,           "
                 
                  -  
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