--- title: "4 Charles Hampden-Turner Quotes" description: "Charles Hampden-Turner is a British management philosopher, and Senior Research Associate at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge si..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/charles-hampden-turner-66025_anthropologists_what-if-the-book-of-genesis-is-describin_514625.jpg" --- # Charles Hampden-Turner **4** quotes in **46** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Charles Hampden-Turner is a British management philosopher, and Senior Research Associate at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge since 1990. He is the creator of Dilemma Theory and co-founder of the Trompenaars-Hampden-Turner Group based in Amsterdam. ## Quotes by Charles Hampden-Turner > [What if the book (of Genesis) is describing a dawning awareness of the world? The anthropologist Edmund Leach has argued that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hampden-turner/what-if-the-book-of-genesis-is-describing-a-dawning-awareness-of-the/) [Charles Hampden-Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hampden-turner/) [Anthropologists](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anthropologists/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/charles-hampden-turner-66025_anthropologists_what-if-the-book-of-genesis-is-describin_514625.jpg) > [It is in vain that we search for an essential difference between good and evil, for their constituents are the same. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hampden-turner/it-is-in-vain-that-we-search-for-an-essential-difference-between-good/) [Charles Hampden-Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hampden-turner/) [Angry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/charles-hampden-turner-66025_angry_it-is-in-vain-that-we-search-for-an-esse_726811.jpg) > [If an instrument similar to a geiger-counter could be invented that counted moral judgements instead, we would learn to duck as people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hampden-turner/if-an-instrument-similar-to-a-geiger-counter-could-be-invented-that/) [Charles Hampden-Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hampden-turner/) [Alternatives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alternatives/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36a/charles-hampden-turner-66025_alternatives_if-an-instrument-similar-to-a-geiger-cou_998388.jpg) > [“And so we come to the last crisis, that of integrity versus disgust and despair. Throughout the life-cycle the pieces have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-hampden-turner/and-so-we-come-to-the-last-crisis-that-of-integrity-versus-disgust/) [Charles Hampden-Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hampden-turner/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/charles-hampden-turner-66025_death_and-so-we-come-to-the-last-crisis-that-o_1048460.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-hampden-turner/#itemlist", "name": "Charles Hampden-Turner Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What if the book (of Genesis) is describing a dawning awareness of the world? The anthropologist Edmund Leach has argued that the 'bit' or binary digit is the basic unit of pre-logical communication. 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