
Great Books: The Foundation of a Liberal Education (1954)
Introductory
The Grammar of Science (1900)
Great Books: The Foundation of a Liberal Education (1954)
“Its founder may have not been a great occultist, but he was a great man.”
Source: The Occult: A History (1971), p. 280
Context: The real importance of Swedenborg lies in the doctrines he taught, which are the reverse of the gloom and hell-fire of other breakaway sects. He rejects the notion that Jesus died on the cross to atone for the sin of Adam, declaring that God is neither vindictive nor petty-minded, and that since he is God, he doesn't need atonement. It is remarkable that this common-sense view had never struck earlier theologians. God is Divine Goodness, and Jesus is Divine Wisdom, and Goodness has to be approached through Wisdom. Whatever one thinks about the extraordinary claims of its founder, it must be acknowledged that there is something very beautiful and healthy about the Swedenborgian religion. Its founder may have not been a great occultist, but he was a great man.
with Jean Medawar) Aristotle to Zoos: A Philosophical Dictionary of Biology (1985
1980s
‘Hypothesis and Imagination’ in The Art of the Soluble, 1967.
1960s
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Prophet
Source: Culture and Value (1980), p. 51e
Source: undated quotes, Renoir – his life and work, 1975, p. 178 ; Renoir's remark to Vollard, criticizing the so-called 'new' discoveries by Impressionism.