 | Irving Babbitt - Romanticism - 1919 - 476 pages
...been achieved in the West, though not 1 Analects, xi, cxi. Cf. iWd., vi, cxx: " To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and while respecting...beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." Much that has passed current as religion in all ages has made its chief appeal, not to awe but to wonder;... | |
 | 1919 - 596 pages
...disciples when they pried into things beyond their depth. "To give one's self earnestly," said he, "to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual...beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." This is his teaching in regard to the ancient creed of China. While he enjoined respect for its worship... | |
 | Albert Parker Fitch - Church group work - 1920 - 240 pages
...towards the distinctively religious elements of experience are other sayings of Confucius, such as: "To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men,...beings, to keep aloof from them may be called wisdom." 1 The precise area of humanistic interests is indicated in another observation. "The subjects on which... | |
 | Albert Parker Fitch - Church group work - 1920 - 238 pages
...towards the distinctively religious elements of experience are other sayings of Confucius, such as: "To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men,...spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them may be called wisdom."1 The precise area of humanistic interests is indicated in another observation. "The subjects... | |
 | Albert Parker Fitch - Church group work - 1920 - 240 pages
...towards the distinctively religious elements of experience are other sayings of Confucius, such as: "To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men,...spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them may be called wisdom."1 The precise area of humanistic interests is indicated in another observation. "The subjects... | |
 | Albert Parker Fitch - Pastoral theology - 1920 - 248 pages
...towards the distinctively religious elements of experience are other sayings of Confucius, such as : "To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men,...spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them may be called wisdom."1 The precise area of humanistic interests is indicated in another observation. "The subjects... | |
 | Sydney Cave - Asia - 1921 - 264 pages
...can you know about death ? " 3 His interest lay jn this world, not in the next. " To give one's-self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting...beings, to keep aloof from them may be called wisdom." 4 It is characteristic of his religious indifference that he refers to Heaven not by the more personal... | |
 | China - 1922 - 788 pages
...lies beyond the grave, lie answered, "So long as we cannot know life, how can we know death. * * * To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men...beings to keep aloof from them may be called wisdom. * * * * If you wish to know whether the dead have consciousness or not you will know it when you die.... | |
 | Sydney Cave - Religions - 1922 - 264 pages
...can you know about death ? "3 His interest lay in this world, not in the next. " To give one's-self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting...keep aloof from them may be called wisdom ." * It is characteristic of his religious indifference that he refers to Heaven not by the more personal name... | |
 | Frank J. Goodnow - China - 1926 - 296 pages
...what lies beyond the grave, he answered, "So long as we cannot know life, how can we know death? * * * To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men...beings to keep aloof from them may be called wisdom. * * * If you wish to know whether the dead have consciousness or not you will know it when you die.... | |
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To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.' CHAP. XX. Fan Ch'ih asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, To give one's self earnestly... 
