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“Many of the bishops had purchased their sees, and most of these naturally preferred doing violence to their opinions rather than lose their revenues.”
― George Finlay's History of the Byzantine Empire, 717-1453
― George Finlay's History of the Byzantine Empire, 717-1453
“But it requires no very profound knowledge of history to perceive that military superiority often exists distinct from social civilization, that literary cultivation affords no guarantee for national wisdom and honor, and that theological learning is no proof of individual virtue.”
― George Finlay's History of the Byzantine Empire, 717-1453
― George Finlay's History of the Byzantine Empire, 717-1453
“Money is the universal, self-constituted value of all things. Hence it has robbed the whole world... of its proper value. Money is the alienated essence of man's labour and life, and this alien essence dominates him as he worships it.”
― On the Jewish Question
― On the Jewish Question
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