|

|

Advertisements

Hu Shih Quotes

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic Picture Quote #1

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility Picture Quote #1

Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism; and our second great philosopher was an agnostic Picture Quote #1

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority Picture Quote #1

In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding Picture Quote #1

What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

And lastly, the political revolutions from 1911 to the present time have done more to bring about tremendous social changes everywhere than even the economic and industrial changes and the new schools Picture Quote #1

It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood Picture Quote #1

The underlying sickness of human life is an unwillingness to look with open eyes at the condition of the world Picture Quote #1

The knowledge that mankind needs is not the way or principle which has an absolute existence, but the particular truths for here and now and for particular individuals. Absolute truth is imaginary, abstract, vague, without evidence, and cannot be demonstrated Picture Quote #1

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic (Hu Shih Quotes) Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility (Hu Shih Quotes) Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism; and our second great philosopher was an agnostic (Hu Shih Quotes) And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority (Hu Shih Quotes) In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding (Hu Shih Quotes) What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty (Hu Shih Quotes) And lastly, the political revolutions from 1911 to the present time have done more to bring about tremendous social changes everywhere than even the economic and industrial changes and the new schools (Hu Shih Quotes) It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood (Hu Shih Quotes) The underlying sickness of human life is an unwillingness to look with open eyes at the condition of the world (Hu Shih Quotes) The knowledge that mankind needs is not the way or principle which has an absolute existence, but the particular truths for here and now and for particular individuals. Absolute truth is imaginary, abstract, vague, without evidence, and cannot be demonstrated (Hu Shih Quotes)