William Ernest Hocking Quote

However rich we may become in knowledge of the deeper causes of historical results, we forgo all understanding of history if we forget this inner continuity,—i. e., the conscious intentions of the participants in history-making and their consciously known successes.


Ch. V : Religion's Dilemma in Respect to Theory, p. 58 - The Meaning of God in Human Experience (1912)


However rich we may become in knowledge of the deeper causes of historical results, we forgo all understanding of history if we forget this inner...

However rich we may become in knowledge of the deeper causes of historical results, we forgo all understanding of history if we forget this inner...

However rich we may become in knowledge of the deeper causes of historical results, we forgo all understanding of history if we forget this inner...

However rich we may become in knowledge of the deeper causes of historical results, we forgo all understanding of history if we forget this inner...