Rudolf Christoph Eucken Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Rudolf Christoph Eucken Nature, of course, has its share in the life of the soul and in numerous manifestations deeply influences human life. But this natural life of the soul is peripheral, mere appendix to the material phenomena of nature. Rudolf Christoph Eucken human-life nature soul life Technological progress becomes even more exciting when it enters into the service of the social idea which demands that not only a small elite but humanity at large should profit by it. Rudolf Christoph Eucken small service progress humanity The transformation of environment has become the purpose of human life; life seems real only insofar as it deals with things. Rudolf Christoph Eucken transformation purpose real life In coming closer to nature, man shows himself superior to it. As a mere part of nature, man's existence would be a series of isolated phenomena. All life would proceed from and depend on contact with the outside world. Rudolf Christoph Eucken man nature life world
