Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Topic

Political theory Politics

Author

Henry Adams

Source

The Education of Henry Adams

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 12.

Current Citation

Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 12.

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What I say is that "just" or "right" means nothing but what is to the interest of the stronger party.

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Thrasymachus. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

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