Why Christianity Did Not Prevent the War
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True, we knew that education, carried to a high degree, had prevailed in ancient nations and among mediaeval peoples, and that this had not assured peace or prevented war. But our claims were to a far superior education. Ours was modern; ours was scientific. The ancient learn- ing was inutile compared with ours. What that of theirs could but feebly influence, ours, all powerful, would control. The philosophy on which we set our hopes was this: Education im- parts information; information and kn...owledge furnish the basis of inference and wide reason- ing. Reasoning, in scientific education, becomes prominent, ascendent. Wars and fightings come from passion. Education subjugates and con- trols passion. Passions rule where ignorance prevails; reason comes with knowledge. So war as always the offspring of the ruder and ungov- erned life of men is shut out. No nation is gov- erned by passion now. The spirit, if there is one, is totally mastered by the intellect. We need little to be said of spiritual education but all scientific data are the food of the intellect making for steadiness, calmness, self-interest and self- control.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
True, we knew that education, carried to a high degree, had prevailed in ancient nations and among mediaeval peoples, and that this had not assured peace or prevented war. But our claims were to a far superior education. Ours was modern; ours was scientific. The ancient learn- ing was inutile compared with ours. What that of theirs could but feebly influence, ours, all powerful, would control. The philosophy on which we set our hopes was this: Education im- parts information; information and kn...owledge furnish the basis of inference and wide reason- ing. Reasoning, in scientific education, becomes prominent, ascendent. Wars and fightings come from passion. Education subjugates and con- trols passion. Passions rule where ignorance prevails; reason comes with knowledge. So war as always the offspring of the ruder and ungov- erned life of men is shut out. No nation is gov- erned by passion now. The spirit, if there is one, is totally mastered by the intellect. We need little to be said of spiritual education but all scientific data are the food of the intellect making for steadiness, calmness, self-interest and self- control.
What to read after Why Christianity Did Not Prevent the War?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Lansing, Isaac J., 1846-1920 to read onlineMoreLess
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