The experience of the irrationality of the world has been the driving force of all religious revolution.

Max Weber

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Topic

Absurdity of life Religion

Author

Max Weber

Source

Politics as a Vocation

Medium

Lecture

Language

German

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Sociologist

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Germany Europe

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Citation

Weber, Max. "Politiks wie Beruf [Politics As a Vocation]." 1917, Munich University, Munich, Germany. Lecture.

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I desire to press in my arms the loveliness which has not yet come into the world.

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Topic
Desire Hope

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Medium
Novel
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1915 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." The Egoist, 2 Feb. 1914 - 1 Sept. 1915.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by Seamus Deane. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 5.

Another quote about Religion

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

Karl Marx

Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

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Topic
Decline of religion Religion

Author

Karl Marx
Source
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
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.

Another quote from 1917

The world must be made safe for democracy.

Woodrow Wilson

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Topic
America and the world International politics
Speaker
Woodrow Wilson
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1917 1910s 20th century
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Wilson, Woodrow. Address to congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. New York University Press, 2006.

Another quote originally in German

Who built the Thebes of the seven gates?
In the books you will find the names of kings.
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?...
Where, the evening that the wall of China was finished
Did the masons go?

Bertolt Brecht

Questions from a Worker Who Reads

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Topic
Great man theory of history Seven wonders of the world Workers History

Author

Bertolt Brecht
Source
Questions from a Worker Who Reads
Medium
Poem
Genre
Political literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
German
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. "Fragen eines lesenden Arbeiters [Questions of a Reading Worker]." Das Wort, 1936.