Robert G.Olson

Quotes

b5004089041has quoted2 years ago
It is man the feeling being who is tortured by the realization of his limits in space and time. Even, therefore, if he could transcend these limitations through the exercise of the intellect, he would not find in that act of transcendence the salvation he seeks.
b5004089041has quoted2 years ago
In this context, however, humanism is taken to mean the doctrine mentioned in the last chapter according to which the individual can and should identify with the species mankind, putting the interests of mankind at large above his own or those of any other single individual.
b5004089041has quoted2 years ago
First, what and how much can mankind expect to know? The answer to this question will depend largely upon one’s theory of being, or ontology.
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