“The Anarchists' uncompromising rejection of the State, the subject of Marxian sneers for its "absolutist" and "Utopian" character, makes much better sense in the present era than the Marxist relativist and historical approach. The pacifists also seem to be more realistic than the Marxist both in their understanding of modern war and also in their attempts to do something about it.” WarStatesCharacterSeemsUnderstandingModernSubjectsApproachHistoricalErasRejectionRealisticAnarchistUtopianMarxistPacifistUncompromisingSneerModern War Book:Root is man: progressivism vrs. radicalism Source: Root is man: progressivism vrs. radicalism
“There is nothing more negative than the result of the critical study of the life of Jesus. The Jesus of Nazareth who came forward publicly as the Messiah, who preached the Kingdom of God, who founded the Kingdom of Heaven upon earth, and died to give his work its final consecration, never had any existence. He is a figure designed by rationalism, endowed with life by liberalism, and clothed by modern theology in an historical garb.” GivingEarthJesusHeavenResultsExistenceStudyAtheismModernFiguresNegativeDiedHistoricalFinalsCriticalPositive AtheismTheologyKingdomsLiberalismKingdom Of GodMessiahKingdom Of HeavenRationalismConsecrationNazareth Book:The Quest of the Historical Jesus Source: The Quest of the Historical Jesus
“The historical museum has to be very conservative and careful in its choices. The modern museum, on the other hand, has to be audacious, to take chances. It has to consider the probability that it would be wrong in a good many cases and take the consequences later.” HandsWould BeChoicesChanceCasesModernConsequenceHistoricalConservativeCarefulGood ManMuseumsProbabilityTake A ChanceAudacious Author:Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
“What can convince modern man is not a historical or a psychological or a continually ever modernizing Christianity but only the unrestricted and uninterrupted message of Revelation.” MenChristianityModernMessagesHistoricalPsychologicalRevelationsConvinceModern Man Author:Romano Guardini
“Modern Armenia survived only because it was the single province controlled, and protected, by the Russian Empire. The rest of the territory within its historical borders is almost wholly devoid of ethnic Armenians.” ModernHistoricalBordersEmpiresControlledTerritoryProtectedSurvivedProvincesArmeniansArmenia Author:John Shimkus
“They [Arabs] wanted to catch up with the modern world. The West appreciated that, but was more interested in colonies, markets, and spheres of influence. Such is the way in which historical forces operate: the give and take between nations, as between cultures, is no simple exchange” WorldWayGivingWantedCultureForceNationsSimpleInfluenceModernHistoricalWestSpheresAppreciatedModern WorldColonyGive And TakeSphere Of Influence Author:Jabra Ibrahim Jabra
“When you look on one of your contemporary 'good copies' of historical remains, ask yourself the question: Not what style, but in what civilization is this building? And the absurdity, vulgarity, anachronism and solecism of the modern structure will be revealed to you in a most startling fashion.” LooksAsksModernFashionStyleBuildingCivilizationRemainsStructureHistoricalContemporaryCopiesAbsurdityVulgarityAnachronism Author:Louis Sullivan
“Modern society has not rid itself of religion, as it fondly believes; it has merely replaced the historical religions by a host of idolatrous cults struggling for possession of the soul of man.” MenBelieveSoulStruggleModernHistoricalPossessionHostReplacedCultModern Society Author:Will Herberg
“Above all, documentary must reflect the problems and realities of the present. It cannot regret the past; it is dangerous to prophesy the future. It can, and does, draw on the past in its use of existing heritages but it only does so to give point to a modern argument. In no sense is documentary a historical reconstruction and attempts to make it so are destined to failure. Rather it is contemporary fact and event expressed in relation to human associations.” GivingHumansDoeFactsUseProblemRealityPastModernDangerousEventsRegretDrawsArgumentRelationHistoricalContemporaryHeritageAssociationDocumentariesDestinedReconstructionPast Regrets Author:Paul Rotha
“Modern man has lost any sense of God's nearness, but Christianity teaches that God reveals himself through every single thing he has ever brought into being, whether a created object or historical event.” MenLostChristianityTeachModernEventsObjectsHistoricalModern ManHistorical Events Author:R. C. Sproul
“Einstein and the Quantum is delightful to read, with numerous historical details that were new to me and cham1ing vignettes of Einstein and his colleagues. By avoiding mathematics, Stone makes his book accessible to general readers, but even physicists who are well versed in Einstein and his physics are likely to find new insights into the most remarkable mind of the modern era.” MindWellsBookModernReaderStonesMathematicsHistoricalDetailsInsightPhysicsErasRemarkableQuantumColleaguesAvoidingDelightfulPhysicistModern EraVignettes Author:Daniel Kleppner
“I had no idea of the historical evolution of the civilized world's music and had not realized that all modern music owes everything to Bach.” WorldIdeasModernEvolutionHistoricalNo IdeaCivilizedModern Music Author:Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
“While I was drawn to the Renaissance, my first (unpublished) novels took place in modern times. When the subject of alchemy started creeping into my stories, an astute mentor observed that the bits about alchemy might fit better in another time frame. When I finally decided to weave the pieces about the medieval science into historical settings, a successful novel began to emerge. (And I dusted off that art history book, and put it to use once again.)” FirstsArtBookStoriesUseMightBitsNovelSuccessfulPiecesModernSubjectsFitDecidedHistoricalSettingSettingsMentorMedievalRenaissanceAlchemyArt HistoryHistory BooksModern TimesAnother TimeAstute Author:Mary Pope Osborne
“The historical novel gives us perspective on our modern lives and helps us connect with the story, which we are continuing ourselves.” GivingHelpingStoriesNovelModernPerspectiveHistoricalContinuingModern LifeHistorical Novels Author:Mary Pope Osborne