Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Topic

Pacificism and nonviolence

Speaker

Mahatma Gandhi

Medium

Courtroom speech Speech

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Anti-colonial activist Activist

From

India Asia

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Original Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. Speech at his trial. The Great Trial of 1922. 18 Mar. 1922, Ahmedabad, India.

Current Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. The Power of Nonviolent Resistance: Selected Writings, edited by Tridip Suhrud. Penguin Classics, 2019, pt. 1, ch. 9.

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The metaphor is probably the most fertile power possessed by man.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Jose Ortega y Gasset
Medium
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Language
Spanish
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Ortega y Gasset, Jose. La deshumanización del Arte e Ideas sobre la novela [The Dehumanization of Art and Ideas about the Novel]. Revista de Occidente, 1925.

Current Citation

Ortega y Gasset, Jose. "The Dehumanization of Art." The Dehumanization of Art, and Other Essays on Art, Culture, and Literature, translated by Helene Weyl. Princeton University Press, 2019.