The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day (1899)
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 · Chicago : Open Court Pub. Co.; London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 160
e root ~A^, the for-mer in the sense of Separatist. The Niphel of the verb means to separateoneself from others; to abstain, to vow, to devote oneself to. THE DAWN OK A NEW ERA. 141 The new world-conception which emphasised thecontrast between body and sonl developed a new moralideal; and the… … AsMODi, AN Evil Spirit, Cast Out by Prayer.(After Schnorr von Carolsfeld.) the conception of Satan grew more mythological and atthe same time more dualistic. He developed into an in-dependent demon of evil, and now, perhaps under the in-fluence of Persian views, the adversary of man becamethe…
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