
"On Revolutionary Morality" (1958)
1950's, On Revolutionary Morality (1958)
Notes on the Cuban Revolution (1960)
Context: We, practical revolutionaries, initiating our own struggle, simply fulfill laws foreseen by Marx, the scientist. We are simply adjusting ourselves to the predictions of the scientific Marx as we travel this road of rebellion, struggling against the old structure of power, supporting ourselves in the people for the destruction of this structure, and having the happiness of this people as the basis of our struggle.
"On Revolutionary Morality" (1958)
1950's, On Revolutionary Morality (1958)
“Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.”
Opening lines, p. 104
Variant translations:
What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the Way is called culture.
As translated by Lin Yutang in The Importance of Living (1937), p. 143
What is God-given is called human nature.
To fulfill that nature is called the moral law (Tao).
The cultivation of the moral law is called culture.
As translated by Lin Yutang in From Pagan to Christian (1959), p. 85
The Doctrine of the Mean
"On Revolutionary Morality" (1958)
1950's, On Revolutionary Morality (1958)
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Max Weber, “Objectivity in Social Science and Social Policy” (1904)