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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Time
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This war did not bear the characteristics of the previous conflicts among the European nations to which we were accustomed. To an ever increasing degree it began to be generally realized that the reasons for this conflict were no longer to be sought in the usual interests even if plausible of the various nations, but that in reality it was one of those elementary struggles which shaking the foundations of the world but once in a thousand years, introduce a new millennium.

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Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

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First Senator

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Paradox
Language
English
Time
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Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Timon of Athens." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Timon of Athens." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 5.