On Hallucinations —— A History and Explanation of Apparitions, Visions, Dreams, Ecstasy, Magnetism, and Somnambulism

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ISBN: 9781330810941 出版年：2016 页码：463 A Brierre de Boismont Forgotten Books

At first, it seems astonishing that such opinions should have obtained so much influence, and one is tempted to ask, if man is a compound of errors, or the sport of illusions; but a deeper investigation of the question will convince us that these opinions are only deviations from the religious sentiment.