...recognized subsequently that the mere perception was not sufficient, and completed his definition thus: " A perception of the Infinite under such manifestations...are able to influence the moral character of man." 2 See also the author's papers in the Monist, for January and July, 1901, on the "Contents of Religious...

...child as the mother is an experience in the heart of her child. •• Religion," says Max Mtiller, " consists in the perception of the infinite under such...are able to influence the moral character of man." * A perception is something very different from a conclusion. The soul immediately and directly perceives...

...dissents from the commonly received religious opinion. What is religion ? Max Miiller defines it as " a perception of the Infinite under such manifestations...are able to influence the moral character of man." ' The perception of the Infinite is not religion ; that is theology. A recognition of the moral relation...

...materials available for its study. The definition is found in the seventh lecture to be, " Religion consists in the perception of the infinite under such...are able to influence the moral character of man." Of methods, the historical is preferred as the one most likely to lead to results of permanent value....

...The definition of religion which Professor Max Miiller finally gives as his own is this : Religion consists in the perception of the infinite under such...manifestations as are able to influence the moral character of man.1 This definition is an amendment of one which the author had formerly presented, and which described...

...had defined religion simply as " a perception of the infinite," without adding the restriction " a perception of the infinite under such manifestations...as are able to influence the moral character of man "'(p. 193). This is a perfectly definite and complete explanation, and we accept it as such. There...

...definition of religion. At the conclusion of the seventh lecture he reaches this result : " Religion consists in the perception of the infinite under such...are able to influence the moral character of man." The remaining lectures are occupied with the " method of treatment of Natural Religion, and the materials...

...of our argument, and endeavour to give our own definition of religion, it would be this : ' Religion consists in the perception of the infinite under such...are able to influence the moral character of man.' I look upon this as a definition of religion in its origin, but if we once admit a continuity in the...

...religion is keenly critical, while it is also catholic and constructive. His own definition is : "Religion consists in the perception of the infinite under such...are able to influence the moral character of man." And his estimate of it is, that " it is religion in its truest sense which opens our eyes and makes...

...reverence, convictions of duty, and so on. The definition approaches perilously near to tautology, "Religion consists in the perception of the infinite under such manifestations as are able to influence the religions character of man." Against one obvious criticism the lecturer has prearmed himself. Onemightinquirewhether...