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Rabindranath Tagore

What is Art?

In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects. For which reason the question, 'What is Art?' can never be finally answered without taking man himself into consideration.

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Various American universities ๐Ÿ“ United States ๐Ÿ“š Personality: Lectures delivered in America
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Rabindranath Tagore

Nationalism in the West

The idea of the Nation is one of the most powerful anaesthetics that man has invented. Under the influence of its fumes the whole people can carry out its systematic programme of the most virulent self-seeking without being in the least aware of its moral perversion.

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Various venues across America ๐Ÿ“ United States ๐Ÿ“š Nationalism Lectures
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Rabindranath Tagore

Japan: A Lecture

Japan has felt, in her world, the touch of some presence, which has evoked in her soul a feeling of reverent adoration. She does not boast of her mastery of nature, but to her she brings, with infinite care and joy, her offerings of love.

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Tokyo Imperial University ๐Ÿ“ Japan ๐Ÿ“š Japan Lectures
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Henri Bergson

The Evolution of Life - Mechanism and Teleology

Life transcends both mechanism and finality by its very definition. The essence of life is in the movement by which life is transmitted; it is this continuity of movement, it is this heredity, that is the life of life.

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Collรจge de France ๐Ÿ“ Collรจge de France, Paris ๐Ÿ“š Creative Evolution Lectures
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William James

Religion and Neurology

The pivot round which the religious life, as we have traced it, revolves, is the interest of the individual in his private personal destiny.

๐Ÿ›๏ธ University of Edinburgh ๐Ÿ“ University of Edinburgh, Scotland ๐Ÿ“š The Varieties of Religious Experience: Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion
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