Because I could not stop for Death -
He kindly stopped for me.

Emily Dickinson

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Topic

Inevitability of death Death

Author

Emily Dickinson

Source

The Chariot Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "The Chariot." Poems by Emily Dickinson. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890, I. 1.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "Because I could not stop for Death." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.

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Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world…it is the opium of the people.

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Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

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Topic
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Karl Marx
Source
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtspilosophie [On the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law]. Frankfurt, 1927.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. A Critique of Hegel's "Philosophy of Right". Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Topic
Living life to the fullest Life and death Life Death

Author

Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Source
How (and Why) I Became an Infidel The Portable Atheist
Medium
Essay
Genre
Religious literature
Language
English
Time
2007 2000s 21st century
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Citation

Hirsi Ali, Ayaan. "How (and Why) I Became an Infidel." The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever, edited by Christopher Hitchens. Da Capo Press, 2007, ch. 47.