It has often been said, very truly, that religion is the thing that makes the ordinary man feel extraordinary; it is an equally important truth that religion is the thing that makes the extraordinary man feel ordinary.

G.K. Chesterton

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Topic

Religion

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

Charles Dickens: A Critical Study

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Chesterton, G.K. Charles Dickens: A Critical Study. Dodd Mead & Company, 1906, ch. 1.

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Topic
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Author

Karl Marx
Source
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Genre
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Language
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Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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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.