5 Quotes & Sayings By Christopher Dawson

Christopher Dawson was born in London, England, in 1892. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Munich in 1920 and was professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at the University of Basel from 1926 until his retirement. His best-known works are The Spanish Labyrinth (1923), The Coming of the Messiah (1928), The Crisis of Western Man (1939), The Problem of Our Age (1940), The Spiritual Crisis of the Church (1948), and Eternal Religion (1960) Read more

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For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and soil and class and to create a common language and a common culture in which men can realize their common humanity. Christopher Dawson
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As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism. Christopher Dawson
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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. Christopher Dawson
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Law describes the way things would work if men were angels. Christopher Dawson