Who is Huston Smith
Huston Cummings Smith (May 31, 1919 – December 30, 2016) was an influential scholar of religious studies in the United States, He authored at least thirteen books on world's religions and philosophy, and his book about comparative religion, The World's Religions (originally titled The Religions of Man) sold over three million copies as of 2017.Born and raised in Suzhou, China in a Methodist missionary family, Smith moved back to the United States at the age of 17 and graduated from the University of Chicago in 1945 with a PhD in philosophy. He spent the majority of his academic career as a professor at Washington University in St. Louis (1947-1958), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1958–1973) and Syracuse University (1973–1983). In 1983, he retired from Syracuse and moved to B...Read Full Biography of Huston Smith
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- The faith I was born into formed me.
- I've spent the last 50 years or so steeping myself in the world's religions, and I've done my homework. I've gone to each of the world's eight great religions and sought out the most profound scholars I could find, and I've apprenticed myself to them and actually practiced each faith.
- Whether things turn out for the better depends on what we do. We ought not spend our time masterminding the future, but recognize our marching orders: to do the best we can for history and the planet.
- Human intelligence is a reflection of the intelligence that produces everything. In knowing, we are simply extending the intelligence that comes to and constitutes us. We mimic the mind of God, so to speak. Or better, we continue and extend it.
- Exclusively oral cultures are unencumbered by dead knowledge, dead facts. Libraries, on the other hand, are full of them.
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Thereallisaann: “stretching always helps me start my day in a good way.”- nyjah huston
Mariavonklein: in 'the new encyclopedia of islam', written by cyril glassé and huston smith (religious scholars), it is said that ptolemy mentions mecca in the second century: "mecca (makkah al-mukarramah, lit. mecca the blessed). mecca has been a spiritual center for thousands of years.
Mariavonklein: in 'the new encyclopedia of islam', written by cyril glassé and huston smith (religious scholars), it is said that ptolemy mentions mecca in the second century. "mecca (makkah al-mukarramah, lit. mecca the blessed). mecca has been a spiritual center for thousands of years.
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