History is not, as it were, a person apart, using man as a means to achieve its own aims; history is nothing but the activity of man pursuing his aims.

Karl Marx

The Holy Family

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History

Author

Karl Marx

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Revolutionary Philosopher Economist

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Die heilige Familie. [The Holy Family or Critique of Critical Criticism Against Bruno Bauer and Company]. 1845.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. "The Holy Family." Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Volume 4. International Publishers, 1975.

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A spectre is haunting Europe-the spectre of Communism.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Karl Marx
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The Communist Manifesto
Medium
Pamphlet
Genre
Political literature Economic literature
Language
German
Time
1848 1840s 19th century

Another quote from the 1840s

For, though the origin of most of our words is forgotten, each word was at first a stroke of genius, and obtained currency, because for the moment it symbolized the world to the first speaker and to the hearer. The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Words Language

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Essays: Second Series
Language
English
Time
1844 1840s 19th century

Another quote about History

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

Aldous Huxley

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Learning from the past History repeating itself History Human nature

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Aldous Huxley
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1956 1950s 20th century

Another quote originally in German

Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue to exist, a wonderful living side by side can grow up, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Connecting with others

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Rainer Maria Rilke
Medium
Letter
Language
German
Time
1901 1900s 20th century