It is Christian culture that has created Western man and the Western way of life. — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
No civilisation, not even that of ancient Greece, has ever undergone such a continuous and profound process of change as Western Europe… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity,… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
Every great movement in the history of Western civilization from the Carolingian age to the nineteenth century has been an international movement… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
It is Christian culture that has created Western man and the Western way of life. — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
No civilisation, not even that of ancient Greece, has ever undergone such a continuous and profound process of change as Western Europe has done… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life without feeling his utter dependence on supernatural powers. — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
The chief safeguard of personal freedom in a democratic society is the anarchy and disorder of capitalist individualism. — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles that belong to the Christian tradition, it will be… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
Humanism and Divinity are as complementary to one another in theorder of culture, as are Nature and Grace in the order of being. — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
We have entered a new phase of culture - we may call it the Age of the Cinema - in which the most amazing… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood… — Christopher Dawson Copy Share Image
