There can be only one permanent revolution-a moral one.

Leo Tolstoy

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Moral progress Revolution Morality

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Source

Three Methods of Reform

Medium

Essay

Language

Russian

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Novelist Writer

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Russia Europe

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Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Three Methods of Reform." Pamphlets: Translated from the Russian. Free Age Press, 1900.

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The subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words-that is, to describe directly the life, not only of humanity, but even of a single people, appears to be impossible.

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

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History

Author

Leo Tolstoy
Source
War and Peace
Medium
Novel
Language
Russian
Time
1869 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Война и миръ [War and Peace]." The Russian Messenger, 1865-1867. Serial.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. Oxford University Press, 2010.

Another quote from the 1900s

The philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means. It is only partly got from books; it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.

William James

Pragmatism

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Worldview Meaning of life

Author

William James
Source
Pragmatism
Genre
Philosophical speech
Language
English
Time
1906 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

James, William. "The Present Dilemma in Philosophy." Nov. 1906, Lowell Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

James, William. "The Present Dilemma in Philosophy." Pragmatism. Dover Publications, 2018.

Another quote about Morality

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

Thrasymachus

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Might makes right Justice Political theory Moral theory Morality
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Thrasymachus

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

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

Current Citation

Thrasymachus. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote originally in Russian

When a man spends the least possible number of movements over one definite action, that is grace.

Anton Chekhov

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Grace

Author

Anton Chekhov
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Letter to Alexi Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 3 Jan. 1899.

Current Citation

Chekhov, Anton. "To Alexi Peshkov (Gorky), 3 January 1899, Yalta." A Life in Letters, translated by Rosamund Bartlett and Anthony Phillips. Penguin Classics, 2004.