The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

CHAPTER III

LEADING CONCEPTIONS OF THE ELEMENTARY RELIGION--(_continued_) II.--_Naturism_ History of the theory 71 I.--Exposition of Max MÃ¼ller'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

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Chapter 1 Ch.1
INTRODUCTION Ch.2
BOOK I Ch.3
CHAPTER I Ch.4
CHAPTER II Ch.5
CHAPTER III Ch.6
CHAPTER IV Ch.7
BOOK II Ch.8
CHAPTER I Ch.9
CHAPTER II Ch.10
CHAPTER III Ch.11
CHAPTER IV Ch.12
CHAPTER V Ch.13
CHAPTER VI Ch.14
CHAPTER VII Ch.15
CHAPTER VIII Ch.16
CHAPTER IX Ch.17
BOOK III Ch.18
CHAPTER I Ch.19
CHAPTER II Ch.20
CHAPTER III Ch.21
CHAPTER IV Ch.22
CHAPTER V Ch.23
INTRODUCTION Ch.24
BOOK I Ch.25
CHAPTER I Ch.26
CHAPTER II Ch.27
CHAPTER III Ch.28
CHAPTER IV Ch.29
BOOK II Ch.30
CHAPTER I Ch.31
CHAPTER II Ch.32
CHAPTER III Ch.33
CHAPTER IV Ch.34
CHAPTER V Ch.35
CHAPTER VI Ch.36
CHAPTER VII Ch.37
CHAPTER VIII Ch.38
CHAPTER IX Ch.39
BOOK III Ch.40
CHAPTER I Ch.41
CHAPTER II Ch.42
CHAPTER III Ch.43
CHAPTER IV Ch.44
CHAPTER V Ch.45
131. Here are designs, many of which evidently have the object of Ch.46
339. Must we see a trace of sexual totemism in the following custom of Ch.47