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“Music has that power to revive memories, sometimes so intensely that they hurt.”
― Yesterday
― Yesterday
“The weapon of criticism obviously cannot replace the criticism of
weapons. Material force must be overthrown by material force. But
theory also becomes a material force once it has gripped the masses.”
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weapons. Material force must be overthrown by material force. But
theory also becomes a material force once it has gripped the masses.”
―
“For what are called criminals nowadays are not criminals at all. Starvation, and not sin, is the parent of modern crime. That indeed is the reason why our criminals are, as a class, so absolutely uninteresting from any psychological point of view. They are not marvellous Macbeths and terrible Vautrins. They are merely what ordinary, respectable, commonplace people would be if they had not got enough to eat. ”
― The Soul of Man under Socialism
― The Soul of Man under Socialism
“Our image of happiness is indissolubly bound up with the image of redemption. The same applies to our view of the past, which is the concern of history... There is a secret agreement between past generations and the present one. Our coming was expected on earth. Like every generation that preceded us, we have been endowed with a weak Messianic power, a power to which the past has a claim. That claim cannot be settled cheaply.”
― On the Concept of History
― On the Concept of History
Saurabh’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Saurabh’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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