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“Yet humanitarianism is not a purely Christian movement any more than it is a purely humanist one”

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Christopher Dawson

Christopher Dawson was a prominent British historian known for his extensive research on the history of medieval Europe. His works, such as 'The History of the Middle Ages' and 'The Social History of the Middle Ages,' have had a profound impact on the study of medieval history. more

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“Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture”

Body Culture Literature Strong Sides Behinds Christianity Opinion Issues Modern Destruction Treats Regard Tendencies Vague Hostile Modern Life Modern Culture

Book:Christianity and European Culture (Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson)

Source: Christianity and European Culture (Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson)

“You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for”

Men Giving Feels Long Stills Dies Conditions Deny Complaining Leisure Amusement Unsatisfied

Book:Christianity and European Culture (Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson)

Source: Christianity and European Culture (Selections from the Work of Christopher Dawson)

“It is true that Christianity is not bound up with any particular race or culture. It is neither of the East or of the West, but has a universal mission to the human race as a whole”

Humans Whole Culture Race Christianity Particular Universal West Bounds Missions East Human Race

Author:Christopher Dawson

“Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves but means to other ends which in their turn are means and so ad infinitum”

Men Mean Ends Political Turns Economic Ads

Author:Christopher Dawson

“The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms”

Ideas Form Political Literature Social Influence Economic Europe Institutions Artistic Intercourse Social Institutions

Book:The Crisis of Western Education

Source: The Crisis of Western Education

“The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language”

Literature Language Understanding International Obstacles Barriers Greatest Obstacles

Author:Christopher Dawson

“No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than the United States, and few societies are more intellectually aware of the nature of the issues that have to be faced”

World States Lying Force United United States Path Issues

Author:Christopher Dawson

“This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other”

Political Levels Common Civilization Highest Western Discussion Antiquity Western Civilization

Book:The Crisis of Western Education (The Works of Christopher Dawson)

Source: The Crisis of Western Education (The Works of Christopher Dawson)

“No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion”

Source: The Crisis of Western Education (The Works of Christopher Dawson)

“Ideally, if anything [was] any good, it would be indescribable.”

Ifs Would Be Indescribable

Author:Edward Gorey