Quote by Hu Shih
Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and,

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people. – Hu Shih

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On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum total of individual achievement, for better or worse, lives on in the immortality of The Larger. – Hu Shih

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Death
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Hu Shih
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Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism and our second great philosopher was an agnostic. – Hu Shih

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Religion
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After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country. – Hu Shih

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Learning
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I think being different, going against the grain of society is the greatest thing in the world. – Elijah Wood

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Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions. – Michel Foucault

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Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in. – Peter Medawar

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I cant say that Ive changed anybodys life, ever, and thats the real work of the world, if you want a better society. – Charles Kuralt

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