Kenneth Lee Pike quotes - page 2

If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar. (Kenneth Lee Pike)
This required the development of a view which allowed one to integrate research with belief, thing with person, fact with aesthetics, knowledge with application of knowledge. View quote
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That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal; but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another. View quote
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We assume, to begin with, that the individual is at least as complex in his internal structure as the language is which he speaks - otherwise, how could he speak a language which is complex? View quote
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Christianity stands or falls as a living program, a way of life, made concrete in the life of man by the life of God through the life of the concretely living Christ. View quote
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Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language. View quote
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So I see that Christianity in believing in a Creator pulls together more facts, data, inner experience and ability than any mechanistic view could hold for me. View quote
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