L. P. Jacks
Lawrence Pearsall Jacks, abbreviated L. P. Jacks, was an English educator, philosopher, and Unitarian minister who rose to prominence in the period from World War I to World War II.
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- Born in
- Nottingham
- Educated at
- University of London
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Trending topics shown first"Philosophy resembles poetry in being an art for enforcing meditation, for driving the mind inwards until it sinks into its Object."
"Faith is nothing else than reason grown courageous — reason raised to its highest power, expanded to its widest vision."
"Among the arts of expression one is suited to this purpose, another to that. It is hard to express movement in stone or rest in music. It is harder still to express permanence in speech."
"Are there not many Arts which, though speechless, express their meanings with perfect adequacy, with satisfaction to the recipient, and serve at the same time as a medium of communication between soul…"
"'"Spirit" is matter seen in a stronger light. What else did Malebranche mean when he spoke of "seeing all things in God"? Existence is a mystery because the light of it is inexhaustible."
"Our intellectual development in the field of science has outstripped our human development in the field of character."
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1860
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