The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Tyranny Martyrdom

Author

Soren Kierkegaard

Source

Journals of Soren Kierkegaard

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Danish

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Denmark Europe

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Original Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Journal entry. c. 1848.

Current Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. The Journals of Kierkegaard, translated by Alexander Dru. Harper Torch, 1959.

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If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!

Soren Kierkegaard

Either Or

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Possibility Anticipation Imagination

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Soren Kierkegaard
Source
Either Or
Language
Danish
Time
1843 1840s 19th century
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Kierkegaard, Soren [published as Victor Eremita]. Enten-Eller [Either/Or]. Vol. 1, Copenhagen: University bookshop, 1843.

Current Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Either/Or: A Fragment of Life, translated by Alistair Hanny. Penguin Classics, 1992, pt. 1.

Another quote from the 1840s

The love of wealth is therefore to be traced, as either a principal or accessory motive, at the bottom of all that the Americans do; this gives to all their passions a sort of family likeness.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

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Love of money American character America

Author

Alexis de Tocqueville
Source
Democracy in America
Genre
Political literature
Language
French
Time
1840 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 2, London: Saunders and Otley, 1840, bk. 3. ch. 17.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 2, bk. 3. ch. 17.

Another quote about Tyranny

The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities.

Allan Bloom

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Tyranny Overton window Freedom of thought

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Allan Bloom
Source
The Closing of the American Mind
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Bloom, Allan. The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students. Simon & Schuster, 1987, pt. 3.