"No civilisation, not even that of ancient Greece,……" — Christopher Dawson
"No civilisation, not even that of ancient Greece, has ever undergone such a continuous and profound process of change as Western Europe has done during the last 900 years. It is impossible to explain this fact in purely economic terms by a materialistic interpretation of history. The principle of change has been a spiritual one and the progress of Western civilisation is intimately related to the dynamic ethos of Western Christianity, which has gradually made Western man conscious of his moral responsibility and his duty to change the world."
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36 Quotes by Christopher Dawson
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The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions.
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The chief safeguard of personal freedom in a democratic society is the anarchy and disorder of capitalist individualism.
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For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the…
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If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give,…
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It is clear that this essential Christian doctrine gives a new value to human nature, to human history and to…
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It is impossible for us to understand the Church if we regard her as subject to the limitations of human…
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Unlike other peoples the United States found their origin in a deliberate act of corporate self-assertion, and ever since the…
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The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings…
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The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.
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Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics and a Christian sociology.
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The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have…
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