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.
Eternal Objects
Dr. King cites Alfred North Whitehead's book "Science and the Modern World."
God (His Existence)
Dr. King quotes Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "The Ancient Sage" after posing the question, "Can we prove God's existence?"
Man: Origin, Limitations and Freedom
Dr. King quotes Bible passages that explore the value of man, the limitations of man, the relationship between soul and body, and the origin of man.
List of Historical Theologians and Events
Here, Dr. King lists a series of historical theologians and events dating from the second to nineteenth centuries.
Immortality
Dr. King quotes Alfred Tennyson on the topic of immortality.
Religion (Definition)
Dr. King quotes Leslie Dixon Weatherhead’s “Why Do Men Suffer?”
Authoritarianism
Dr. King quotes William Pepperell Montague's "Ways of Knowing."
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."
Categories
Dr. King quotes Paul Tillich’s "Systematic Theology.”
Methodology, Tests of Truth
Dr. King discusses Henry Nelson Wieman's test of truth in religion described in "The Source of Human Good."
Typical Theistic Personalism
Dr. King sketches notes on theistic personalism with references to Friedrich Leibniz, George Berkeley, Immanuel Kant, and Hermann Lotze.
Social Ethics
EGYPT
Dr. King cites the Old Testament biblical book of Exodus regarding social ethics.
God (Knowledge of)
Dr. King references St. Thomas Aquinas' "Summa Contra Gentiles" in a quotation focusing on man's "threefold knowledge of divine things."
God Nature
Dr. King sketches his thoughts on Saint Thomas Aquinas' "investigation of God's nature."
Problems of Whitehead
Dr. King discusses the problem of metaphysical dualism as presented by philosopher Alfred North Whitehead. Dr. King reviewed much of Whitehead's work while at Boston University and later quoted him in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.
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