Robert M. Hutchins
Robert M. Hutchins
Robert Maynard Hutchins, was an American educational philosopher, dean of Yale Law School, and presidentand chancellorof the University of Chicago. He was the husband of novelist Maude Hutchins. Although his father and grandfather were both Presbyterian ministers, Hutchins became one of the most influential members of the school of secular perennialism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth17 January 1899
CountryUnited States of America
thinking intellectual technique
Mathematics ... is indispensable as an intellectual technique. In many subjects, to think at all is to think like a mathematician.
democracies-have race intelligence
Democracy has not failed; the intelligence of the race has failed before the problems the race has raised
important serious sincerity
It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things.
worry abnormal principles
On the principle laid down by Gilbert and Sullivan that when everybody is somebody, nobody is anybody; if everybody is abnormal, we don't need to worry about anybody.
death light darkness
...The task is overwhelming, and the chance is slight. We must take the chance or die.
belief conviction
Too few have the courage of my convictions.
peace men world
...the fullest development of the highest powers of men can be achieved only in a world of peace.
thinking tests faults
This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault.
hero army soldier
We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.
teaching inquiry discussion
Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist.
wisdom law forgiving
Nature will not forgive those who fail to fulfill the law of their being. The law of human beings is wisdom and goodness, not unlimited acquisition.
school criticism justification
There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.
thinking facts problem
To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.
commitment government organization
America's experiment with government of the people, by the people, and for the people depends not only on constitutional structure and organization but also on the commitment, person to person, that we make to each other.