Intolerance of groups is often, strangely enough, exhibited more strongly against small differences than against fundamental ones.

Die Intoleranz der Massen äussert sich merkwürdigerweise gegen kleine Unterschiede stärker alsgegen fundamentale Differenzen.

Sigmund Freud

Moses and Monotheism

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Topic

Narcissism of small differences Group conflict

Author

Sigmund Freud

Source

Moses and Monotheism

Genre

Religious literature Historical literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

German

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Psychologist Writer

From

Austria Europe

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Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Der Mann Moses und die monotheistische Religion [The Man Moses and the Monotheist Religion]. Hogarth Press, 1939, pt. 3.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Moses and Monotheism, translated by Katherine Jones. Vintage, 1955, pt. 3.

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Friedrich Nietzsche
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Human, All Too Human
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Language
German
Time
1878 1870s 19th century
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Menschliches, Allzumenschliches: Ein Buch für freie Geister [Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeizner, 1878, second division, no. 96.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, translated by Marion Faber and Stephen Lehmann. University of Nebraska Press, 1984, second division, no. 96.

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Source
Prudence Essays: First Series (Emerson)
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Paradox Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1841 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

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