Matthew Arnold
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English poet and cultural critic (1822 to 1888); author of Culture and Anarchy.
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Culture, the pursuit of total perfection through knowing the best thought and said, is the great help out of our present difficulties (opens korrents.com)
“The whole scope of the essay is to recommend culture as the great help out of our present difficulties; culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern…”
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Only striving toward total perfection is sacred; institutions are machinery valued by how they help it (opens korrents.com)
“What is alone and always sacred and binding for man is the climbing towards his total perfection, and the machinery by which he does this varies in value according as it helps him to do it.”
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Culture springs from the love of perfection and the passion for doing good, not mere curiosity (opens korrents.com)
“Culture is then properly described not as having its origin in curiosity, but as having its origin in the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection. It moves by the force, not merely or primarily of the…”
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Culture, the pursuit of total perfection through knowing the best thought and said, is the great help out of our present difficulties (opens korrents.com)