"We have entered a new phase of culture……" — Christopher Dawson
"We have entered a new phase of culture - we may call it the Age of the Cinema - in which the most amazing perfection of scientific technique is being devoted to purely ephemeral objects, without any consideration of their ultimate justification. It seems as though a new society was arising which will acknowledge no hierarchy of values, no intellectual authority, and no social or religious tradition, but which will live for the moment in a chaos of pure sensation."
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Christopher Dawson
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36 Quotes by Christopher Dawson
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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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