SOCIOL 3A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sui Generis, Evolutionism
28 Sep 2016
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The elementary forms of religious life- september 13 th 2016. A religious system is said to be the most primitive that is available for observation when it meets the two following conditions: First, it must be found in societies the simplicity of whose organization is nowhere exceeded. Cant find any society that is simpler than this. Second, it must be explainable without the introduction of any element from a predecessor religion. Does not come from anything else, it is original. Species evolved through fixed and necessary stages of development. I have made a very archaic religion the subject of my research because it seems better suited than any other to help us comprehend the religious nature of man, that is, to reveal fundamental and permanent aspect of humanity. Religions are held to be of unequal value and standing, it is commonly said that not all contain the same measure of truth.
