Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by John Macmurray

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Scottish philosopher John Macmurray.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
John Macmurray

John Macmurray was a Scottish philosopher. His thought both moved beyond and was critical of the modern tradition, whether rationalist or empiricist. His thought may be classified as personalist, as his writings focused primarily on the nature of human beings. He viewed persons in terms of their relationality and agency, rather than the modern tendency to characterize them in terms of individualism and cognition.

If you love a person, you love him in his stark reality, and refuse to shut your eyes to his defects and errors.
What other significance can our existence have than to be ourselves fully and completely?
Faith is a practical attitude of the will. — © John Macmurray
Faith is a practical attitude of the will.
Fear not; the things that you are afraid of are quite likely to happen to you, but they are nothing to be afraid of.
ALL MEANINGFUL KNOWLEDGE IS FOR THE SAKE OF ACTION, AND ALL MEANINGFUL ACTION FOR THE SAKE OF FRIENDSHIP.
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