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Arthur Keith

Arthur Keith

Scottish Scientist

Born: Feb 5, 1866

Died: Jan 7, 1955

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Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal. Arthur Keith

Old Christian Ancient More Ideal Than Much Nay

My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics. Arthur Keith

Truth Science Ethics Conviction Concerned Personal Wholly

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. Arthur Keith

Work Nature Must See Mental Give Adopt Rational Take Existence Account Modern Human Explain Explanation Human Existence Communities Theory

In every man there is an instinctive and passionate reaction if his person or liberty is attacked. Arthur Keith

Man Liberty Every Attacked Instinctive Reaction Passionate His Person Every Man

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. Arthur Keith

Birth Unless System Distracted Only Shall Never He Fellow Understand His Mount Taught Realize Ethical Lived Sermon Jesus Jew

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. Arthur Keith

Good Nature Men Too Our Distinctions Good Men Conspicuous Observation Between Discriminate Escape Senses Whether Races Desire Christians

Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent. Arthur Keith

Man Christianity Evolutionary Find Laws Shall Civilization Like Anti Conditions Effects Stages Ascent Which Against Works Earlier

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever. Arthur Keith

Strong Tamed Reason Ever Desire

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