Arthur Keith quotes

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life. (Arthur Keith)
Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool. View quote
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Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful. View quote
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Good men, whether they be Christians or rationalists, do not desire to discriminate between races, but the distinctions implanted by Nature are too conspicuous to escape the observation of our senses. View quote
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Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization. View quote
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We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he was a Jew, not only by birth, but that he lived and taught as a Jew; the Sermon on the Mount was addressed to his distracted fellow nationals. View quote
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In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked. View quote
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My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics. View quote
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In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended. View quote
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Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever. View quote
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There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races, each at a different stage of cultural evolution, some in need of restraint, many in need of protection; everywhere a bewildering Babel of tongues. (Arthur Keith)
Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction. View quote
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Nowhere is Universalism welcomed and encouraged by a people; everywhere governments have forced and are forcing Universalism upon unwilling and resistant subjects. View quote
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Tribal life comes automatically to an end when a primitive people begins to live in a town or a city, for sooner or later a tribal organization is found to be incompatible with life in a city. View quote
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Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain the mental nature we see at work in all modern communities. View quote
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No tribe unites with another of its own free will. View quote
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A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another. View quote
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Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural fertility of its locality. View quote
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I am a rank individualist. View quote
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The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem. View quote
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The main force used in the evolving world of humanity has hitherto been applied in the form of war. (Arthur Keith)
It is just because civilization is ever evolving, changing, and becoming more complicated, that experts find it so difficult to define it in explicit terms. View quote
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Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal. View quote
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Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war, force, terror, and propaganda were the evolutionary means employed to weld the German people into a tribal whole. View quote
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I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority. View quote
Arthur Keith

Arthur Keith

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Occupation: Scottish Scientist
Born: February 5, 1866
Died: January 7, 1955
Quotes count: 27

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