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

Source

The Holy Family

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Revolutionary Philosopher Economist

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Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Die heilige Familie [The Holy Family]. Frankfurt: J. Ru˜tten, 1845.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. "The Holy Family." Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Vol. 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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Communism

Author

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

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 1848.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.

Another quote from the 1840s

Burke said there were three estates in parliament; but, in the reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more important far than they all.

Thomas Carlyle

On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic

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Media Journalism

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Thomas Carlyle
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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic
Language
English
Time
1840 1840s 19th century
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Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "The Hero as Man of Letters." 19 May 1840, London, England, UK. Lecture.

Another quote about History

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana

The Life of Reason

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Topic
Learning from the past History The past

Author

George Santayana
Source
The Life of Reason
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1905 1900s 20th century
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Citation

Santayana, George. The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman. Vol. 7, The MIT Press, 2011, bk. 1, ch. 12. Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905

Another quote originally in German

The revolution is like Saturn-it eats its children.

Georg Büchner

Danton's Death

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Revolution
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Danton

Author

Georg Büchner
Source
Danton's Death
Language
German
Time
1835 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Buchner, George. Dantons Tod [Danton's Death]. 5 Jan. 1902, Berlin, Germany, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Buchner, George. "Danton's Death." Danton's Death, Leonce and Lena, and Woyzeck, translated by Victor Price. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 1, sc. 5.