There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown.

Nichts fϋrchetet der Mensch mehr als die Berϋhrung durch Unbekanntes.

Elias Canetti

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Topic

The unknown Human nature

Author

Elias Canetti

Source

Crowds and Power

Genre

Political literature

Language

German

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Writer

From

Austria Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Canetti, Elias. Masse und Macht [Mass and Power]. Claassen-Verlag, 1960.

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Medium
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English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Coffin, William Sloane. "In Praise of Rest." 29 July 1979, Riverside Church, New York City, New York, USA. Sermon.

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Coffin, William Sloane. "In Praise of Rest." The Collected Sermons of William Sloane Coffin: The Riverside Years. Vol. 1, Westminster John Knox Press, 2008.

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How little do we know that which we are!
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Medium
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Authentication Score 2
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Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently.

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Author

Rosa Luxemburg
Source
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Genre
Political literature Historical literature
Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 2
Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Russian Revolution." The Russian Revolution and Leninism or Marxism? Trans. Bertram Wolfe. University of Michigan Press, 1961, ch. 6. Originally, Die russische Revolution [The Russian Revolution]. Paul Levi, 1922, ch. 6.