A. C. Graham Quotes on Knowledge
Angus Charles Graham was a British sinologist and philosopher, professor of classical Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and the most influential English-language interpreter of classical Chinese thought of his generation. This page collects quotes attributed to A. C. Graham on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to A. C. Graham:
“Chinese philosophy disputed the Way as fiercely as European philosophy disputed reason.”
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Attributed to A. C. Graham:
“The later Mohists were rigorous logicians; we are still catching up with them.”
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Attributed to A. C. Graham:
“To translate is to think the original anew, in another mind.”
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“Manuscript poem, as a teenager (ca. 1824–1826) , in "Lincoln as Poet" at Library of Congress : Presidents as Poets also in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953) edited by Roy. P. Basler, Vol. 1”
Abraham Lincoln his hand and pen he will be good but God knows When -
“Abraham Lincoln is my name And with my pen I wrote the same I wrote in both hast and speed and left it here for fools to read”
Manuscript poem, as a teenager (ca. 1824–1826), in "Lincoln as Poet" at Library of Congress : Presidents as Poets , as published in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953) edited by Roy. P. Basler, Vol. 1 -
“Manuscript poem, as a teenager (ca. 1824–1826), in "Lincoln as Poet" at Library of Congress : Presidents as Poets , as published in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953) edited by Roy. P. Basler, Vol. 1”
Abraham Lincoln is my name And with my pen I wrote the same I wrote in both hast and speed and left it here for fools to read -
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
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“These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.”
Speech to Illinois legislature (January 1837); This is "Lincoln's First Reported Speech", found in the Sangamo Journal (28 January 1837) according to McClure's Magazine (March 1896); also in Lincoln's Complete Works (1905) ed. by Nicolay and Hay, Vol. 1, p. 24