Evident Quote by William Ernest Hocking

“Nothing is more evident, I venture to think, as a result of two or three thousand years of social philosophizing, than that society must live and thrive by way of the native impulses of individual human beings.” quote by William Ernest Hocking — Download Open image

“Nothing is more evident, I venture to think, as a result of two or three thousand years of social philosophizing, than that society must live and thrive by way of the native impulses of individual human beings.”

William Ernest Hocking

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (9 ratings)

Evident Human beings Humans Impulse Individual Native Results Social Thinking Thousand Thousand years Three Thrive Two Venture Way Years

More by William Ernest Hocking

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be…

William Ernest Hocking

Image

Without good-will, no man has any presumptive right, except the right or opportunity to change his will, so long as there is hope of…

William Ernest Hocking

Image

Principle II: The presumptions of the law are creative presumptions:;: they are aimed at conditions to be brought about, and only for that reason…

William Ernest Hocking

Image

However rich we may become in knowledge of the deeper causes of historical results, we forgo all understanding of history if we forget this…

William Ernest Hocking

Image

We are driven to confess that we actually care more for religion than we do for religious theories and ideas: and in merely making that distinction between religion and its doctrine-elements, have we not already relegated the latter to an external and subordinate position? Have we not asserted that "religion itself" has some other essence or constitution than mere idea…

William Ernest Hocking

Pure community is a matter of no interest to any will; but a community which pursues a common good is of supreme interest to…

William Ernest Hocking

Image

I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with…

William Ernest Hocking

Image

What our view of the effectiveness of religion in history does at once make evident as to its nature is--first, its necessary distinction; second, its necessary supremacy. These characters though external have been so essential to its fruitfulness, as to justify the statement that without them religion is not religion. A merged religion and a negligible or subordinate religion are…

William Ernest Hocking

A person who wills to have a good will, already has a good will--in its rudiments. There is solid satisfaction in knowing that the…

William Ernest Hocking

Image

Principle III: Presumptive rights are the conditions under which individual powers normally develop.

William Ernest Hocking

Image

For those who have only to obey, law is what the sovereign commands. For the sovereign, in the throes of deciding what he ought to command, this view of law is singularly empty of light and leading. In the dispersed sovereignty of modern states, and especially in times of rapid social change, law must look to the future as well…

William Ernest Hocking

Principle I: Legal rights are presumptive rights.

William Ernest Hocking

Image

Explore all 27 William Ernest Hocking quotes

More Evident quotes

Our obsession with material things and lack of self-worth is evident in our need for an abundance of momentary luxuries and must-have amenities that…

T.I

Image

A second characteristic of the process which for me is the good life, is that it involves an increasingly tendency to live fully in…

Carl Rogers

Image

When one considers our nation's educational foundations - Harvard, Yale, Princeton and most of our respected institutions were originally Christian - it becomes evident why we, as Christians, maintain a passion about remaining true to the foundations of Scripture.

Jonathan Falwell

It is evident that the right of acquiring and possessing property, and having it protected, is one of the natural, inherent, and unalienable rights of man. Men have a sense of property: Property is necessary to their subsistence, and correspondent to their natural wants and desires; its security was one of the objects, that induced them to unite in society.…

William Paterson

A pregnant woman and her spouse dream of three babies--the perfect four-month-old who rewards them with smiles and musical cooing,the impaired baby, who changes…

T. Berry Brazelton

Image

Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined…

F. Sionil Jose

Image

The effect of the discovery of printing was evident in the savage religious wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Application of power to…

Harold Innis

Image

Popular thought appeals to crowds, gatherings and tribes, who use it as a way to guide the herd. It is very evident in protests…

Corey Taylor

Image

A focus on people's health and well-being must be the core of family planning research and policy. This may seem self-evident, but the realities…

Ruth Simmons

Image

Quentin [Taranino] will say, "We've got it, but we're gonna do it one more time. Why?" And then, the entire cast and crew chimes in and says, "Because we love making movies!" He is a person who celebrates this form of expression, and it is evident in his movies, his conversations, his extensive knowledge about the history of what we…

Walton Goggins

It is evident, indeed, that such a doctrine, taken by itself in a literal manner, had no future. The world, in continuing to exist, caused it to crumble. One generation of man at the most was the limit of its endurance. The faith of the first Christian generation is intelligible, but the faith of the second generation is no longer…

Ernest Renan