"Supernaturalistic" Quotes from Famous Books
... supernaturalistic faith of this sort, which might wholly inspire some revolutionary sect, can never wholly inspire human society. Whenever a nation is converted to Christianity, its Christianity, in practice, must be largely converted into paganism. The true Christian is in all countries ... — Winds Of Doctrine - Studies in Contemporary Opinion • George Santayana
... choice of the Chinese philosophy and the rejection of Buddhism was not because of any inherent quality in the Japanese mind. It was not the rejection of supernaturalism or the miraculous. The Chinese philosophy is as supernaturalistic as some forms of Buddhism. The distinction is not between the natural and the supernatural in either system, but between the ... — The Religions of Japan - From the Dawn of History to the Era of Meiji • William Elliot Griffis |