Rudolf Christoph Eucken quotes

Rudolf Christoph Eucken was a German philosopher best known for his work in ethics and spiritual activism. His philosophy emphasized the importance of a spiritual life and the active role of the individual in shaping culture and society. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature and greatly influenced early 20th-century thought. Here are 4 of his quotes:

Technological progress becomes even more exciting when it enters into the service of the social idea which demands that not only a small elite but humanity at large should profit by it.

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

In coming closer to nature, man shows himself superior to it. As a mere part of nature, man's existence would be a series of isolated phenomena. All life would proceed from and depend on contact with the outside world.

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

The transformation of environment has become the purpose of human life; life seems real only insofar as it deals with things.

Rudolf Christoph Eucken