This file combines the two volumes ofWestermarck’s book into one file.
You may go to Volume 1 (chapters 1 to 27),
Initial matter
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Volume 2 (chapters 28 to 53, etc.),
Initial matter
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THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
OF THE MORAL IDEAS
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THE ORIGIN
AND DEVELOPMENT
OF THE
MORAL IDEAS
BY
EDWARD WESTERMARCK, PH.D., LL.D.
MARTIN WHITE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY IN THEUNIVERSITY OF LONDON
PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY AT THE UNIVERSITYOF FINLAND, HELSlNGFORS
AUTHOR OF “THE HISTORY OF HUMANMARRIAGE”
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I
SECOND EDITION
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1924.
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First Edition 1906
Second Edition 1912
Reprinted 1924
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PREFACE
THE frequent references made in thepresent work, on my own authority, to customs and ideas prevalent amongthe natives of Morocco, require a word of explanation. Seeing the closeconnection between moral opinions and magic and religious beliefs, Ithought it might be useful for me to acquire first-hand knowledge ofthe folk-lore of some non-European people, and for various reasons Ichose Morocco as my field of research. During the four years I spentthere, largely among its country population, I have not only collectedanthropological data, but tried to make myself familiar with the nativeway of thinking; and I venture to believe that this has helped me tounderstand various customs occurring at a stage of civilisationdifferent from our own. I purpose before long to publish the detailedresults of my studies in a special monograph on the popular religionand magics of the Moors.
For these researches I have derived much material support from theUniversity of Helsingfors. I am also indebted to the Russian Ministerat Tangier, M. B. de Bacheracht, for his kindness in helping me onseveral occasions when I was dependent on the Sultan’s Government.All the time I have had the valuable assistance of my Moorish friendShereef ‘Abd-es-Salâm el-Baḳḳâli, to whom creditvi is duefor the kind reception I invariably received from peasants andmountaineers, not generally noted for friendliness towards Europeans.
I beg to express my best thanks to Mr. Stephen Gwynn for revisingthe first thirteen chapters, and to Mr. H. C. Minchin for revising theremaining portion of the book. To their suggestions I am indebted fort