The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Note Cards
Education was essential in the development of the mind of Martin Luther King, Jr. From his matriculation at Morehouse College through his doctoral studies at Boston University, Dr. King took notes on various subjects and referenced some of the most important philosophers of all time. The note cards shown in this section give you a glimpse into the molding of one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers and orators. Religion, natural law, metaphysics and the meaning of wisdom are just a few of the topics highlighted. These subjects and many more helped Dr. King’s capacity to expand his intellectual and spiritual capacity three dimensionally.
Judgement or Justice
Dr. King quotes a book entitled "Sea Dreams," by Alfred Lord Tennyson, regarding judgement and justice.
Schleiermacher
Dr. King quotes Friedrich Schleiermacher's "Speeches on Religion" on temporal things so filling people's minds that they don't have room for the eternal. He contrasts this with pantheism. The full title of this work is "On Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers."
Sabellianism
Dr. King defines "Sabellianism" as the concept of acknowledging God as one entity with three modes.
Existentialism
Dr. King explains the philosophy of existentialism.
The Nationalism of Ezra
This note card outlines Ezra views on "mixed marriages."
Liberalism
Dr. King notes a view of liberalism in Harry Emerson Fosdick’s “The Modern Use of the Bible.”
Christianity
Dr. King writes about the concept of Christianity.
The Christian Year
Dr. King records a quote from William D. Maxwell's "An Outline of Christian Worship Its Developments and Forms." The quote describes how the Christian year came to be formed.
Godm (Micah)
Dr. King refers to the biblical book of Micah to write about Micah and Hosea's similar reference to the strength of the love of God.
Conversion
Dr. King quotes Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy's book "What I Believe." Tolstoy asserts that when he came to believe in Christ's teachings his whole life and perception changed.
Psychology
This series of note cards addresses psychology through the means of human unity. The concept of human unity is indicated by the presence of the body and the soul working in conjunction to inform the human experience. Dr. King references the views of St. Augustine and St. Thomas as it pertains to "the close union between body and soul."
A. N. Whitehead
Dr. King quotes Alfred North Whitehead's view of the philosophy of science in The Concept of Nature.
DeWolf, Harold
Dr. King references Harold DeWolf's book, "A Theology of the Living Church."
Schleiermacher (Dogmas & Creeds)
Dr. King references Friedrich Schleiermacher's notions of dogmas and creeds, stating that they are mere descriptions of feeling.
Religious Experience
Dr. King quotes Blaise Pascal, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and G. K. Chesterton on the need for trying the Christian experiment to have the Christian experience.
The Scope of Philosophy
Dr. King notes that Alfred North Whitehead, in “Concept of Nature,” “Religion in the Making” and “Principles of Natural Knowledge,” seeks to isolate the philosophy of science from metaphysics.
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