CHAPTER III. Leading Conceptions of the Elementary Religion--(_continued_)

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