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The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

CHAPTER III

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LEADING CONCEPTIONS OF THE ELEMENTARY RELIGION--(_continued_) II.--_Naturism_ History of the theory 71 I.--Exposition of Max Müller's naturism 73 II.--If the object of religion is to express natural forces, it is hard to see how it has maintained itself, for it expresses them in an erroneous manner--Pretended distinction between religion and mythology 78 III.--Naturism does not explain the division of things into sacred and profane 84
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1. Chapter 1 2. INTRODUCTION 3. BOOK I 4. CHAPTER I 5. CHAPTER II 6. CHAPTER III 7. CHAPTER IV 8. BOOK II 9. CHAPTER I 10. CHAPTER II 11. CHAPTER III 12. CHAPTER IV 13. CHAPTER V 14. CHAPTER VI 15. CHAPTER VII 16. CHAPTER VIII 17. CHAPTER IX 18. BOOK III 19. CHAPTER I 20. CHAPTER II 21. CHAPTER III 22. CHAPTER IV 23. CHAPTER V 24. INTRODUCTION 25. BOOK I 26. CHAPTER I 27. CHAPTER II 28. CHAPTER III 29. CHAPTER IV 30. BOOK II 31. CHAPTER I 32. CHAPTER II 33. CHAPTER III 34. CHAPTER IV 35. CHAPTER V 36. CHAPTER VI 37. CHAPTER VII 38. CHAPTER VIII 39. CHAPTER IX 40. BOOK III 41. CHAPTER I 42. CHAPTER II 43. CHAPTER III 44. CHAPTER IV 45. CHAPTER V 46. 131. Here are designs, many of which evidently have the object of 47. 339. Must we see a trace of sexual totemism in the following custom of

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