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BY THOMAS A KEMPISNihil Obstat and Imprimatur, 1941 ------Book 1------CHAPTER 2: OF HAVING A HUMBLE OPINION OF ONE'S SELF EVERY man naturally desireth to know; but what doth knowledge avail without the fear of God? Truly, a lowly rustic that serveth God is better than a proud philosopher who pondereth the courses of the stars, and neglecteth himself. He that knoweth himself, becometh vile to himself, and taketh no delight in the praises of men. If I knew all things that are in the world, and were not in charity, what would it profit me in the sight of...

BY THOMAS A KEMPISNihil Obstat and Imprimatur, 1941 ------Book 1------CHAPTER 1: OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST AND THE CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD "HE that followeth Me, walketh not in darkness," saith the Lord. These are the words of Christ, whereby we are admonished how we must imitate His life and conversation, if we would be truly enlightened and delivered from all blindness of heart. Let it, then, be our chief study to meditate on the life of Jesus Christ. 2. The teaching of Christ surpasseth all the teachings of the Saints and he that hath His Spirit will find...

THE HISTORY OF THE RACE IDEA An Introduction by Eric Voegelin In terms of thought images, our point of departure in this study is the necessity to create a conceptual apparatus for integrating the living substances, which became visible for the first time after the dissolution of the creationist view of the world, into a philosophical system. This raises the problem of organism . . . What unites the race theory rooted in this era with liberalism and Marxism is the will to deprive the state of history, to hand it over to the masses, to destroy the historical...