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" When a man dies something goes, something is left. The survivors necessarily distinguish in thought between these two parts, and they call them respectively by some such names as spirit and body. A curious illustration of this is afforded by a saying... "
Journal - Page 409
by Royal Institution of Cornwall - 1891
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On the Animism of the Indians of British Guiana

Sir Everard Ferdinand Im Thurn - 1882 - 42 pages
...impossible that a 2 man, being rational and having once seen death, should fail to acquire such conception. When a man dies something goes, something is left....respectively by some such names as spirit and body. A curious illustration of this is afforded by a saying of the Macusi Indians of Guiana, as they point...
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The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and ..., Volume 11

1882 - 634 pages
...impossible that man, being rational and having once seen death, should fail to acquire such conception. When a man dies something goes, something is left....respectively by some such names as spirit and body. A curious illustration of this is afforded by a saying of the Macusi Indians of Guiana, as they point...
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The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and ..., Volume 11

1882 - 634 pages
...impossible that man, being rational and having once seen death, should fail to acquire such conception. When a man dies something goes, something is left....and they call them respectively by some such names fts spirit and body. A curious illustration of this is afforded by a saying of the Macusi Indians of...
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Among the Indians of Guiana: Being Sketches Chiefly Anthropologic from the ...

Sir Everard Ferdinand Im Thurn - 1883 - 500 pages
...impossible that man, being rational and having once seen death, should fail to acquire such conception. When a man dies, something goes, something is left....parts, and they call them respectively by some such name as spirit and body. A curious illustration of this is afforded by the saying of the Macusis, as...
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Timehri: Being the Journal of the Royal Agricultural and ..., Volume 5

1886 - 350 pages
...impossible that man, being rational and having once seen death, should be without this conception. When a man dies, something goes, something is left....respectively by some such names as spirit and body. A good illustration of this is afforded by the saying of some of our Redmen, as they point out that...
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The Principles of Sociology, Volume 6, Issue 1887

Herbert Spencer - 1887 - 924 pages
...the Guiana Indians, Mr. Im Thurn recognizes this connexion of ideas. He says— . "When a man diei something goes, something is left. The survivors necessarily...respectively by some such names as spirit and body. A carious illustration of this is afforded by a saying of the Macusi Indians of Q-uiana, as they point...
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Principles of Sociology, Volume 6

Herbert Spencer - 1891 - 962 pages
...this connexion of ideas. He says — "When a man dies something goes, something is led. The fnniratt necessarily distinguish in thought between these two...respectively by some such names as spirit and body. A curious 'illustration of this is afforded by a saying of the Macusi Indians of Ouiana, as they point...
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Principles of Sociology

Herbert Spencer - 1896 - 456 pages
...In his account of the Guiana Italians, Mr. Ini Thurn recoguizes this connexion of ideas. lie Bays— "When a man dies something goes, something is left. The survivors necessarily distiaguish in thought between these two parts, and they call them respectively by some sach mimes...
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The Principles of Sociology, Volume 1

Herbert Spencer - 1916 - 894 pages
...In his account of the Guiana Indians, Mr. Im Thurn recognizes this connexion of ideas. He says — " When a man dies something goes, something is left....necessarily distinguish in thought between these two parts, ami they i-al! them respectively by some such names as spirit and body. A curious illu*tra tion of...
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