Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists. Hu Shih agnosticatheistchina Change image and share on social
Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility. Hu Shih absolutearouseeternal Change image and share on social
In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding. Hu Shih contactculturediffuse Change image and share on social
And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority. Hu Shih authoritybreakdownrevolution Change image and share on social
Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people. Hu Shih chiefchineseconcern Change image and share on social
It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood. Hu Shih comparisoncontactcritically Change image and share on social
And lastly, the political revolutions from 1911 to the present time have done more to bring about tremendous social changes everywhere than even the economic and industrial changes and the new schools. Hu Shih bringeconomicindustrial share on social
The rise of the dramas in the thirteenth century, and the rise of the great novels in a later period, together with their frank glorification of love and the joys of life, may be called the Third Renaissance. Hu Shih callcenturydrama share on social
The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development. Hu Shih chinesedevelopmentkind Change image and share on social
For all the social changes in China can be traced to their early beginnings in the days when the new tools or vehicles of commerce and locomotion first brought the Chinese people into unavoidable contact with the strange ways and novel goods of the Western peoples. Hu Shih beginningbringchina share on social
