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Rousseau advanced the idea that man is born naturally good but is corrupted by society. From Rousseau came the modern notion that the freer a society is, the more virtuous it is.
Rod Dreher • The Benedict Option
Nietzsche's work is now seen as having anticipated many of the major intellectual movements of the twentieth century, including psychoanalysis, existentialism, post-structuralism, and postmodernism.
Warren Ward • Lovers of Philosophy: How the Intimate Lives of Seven Philosophers Shaped Modern Thought
Although The Birth of Tragedy sold few copies when it was originally published, its central message – that society had become unbalanced with its idolisation of the mind at the expense of the body – would resonate greatly with future generations. As Nietzsche saw it, society had set itself on a perilous course by disregarding the world of emotion,
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Der Staat ist chronisch überfordert und unterfinanziert, weil er in den zwanziger Jahren des 21. Jahrhunderts wächst, während die Privatwirtschaft schrumpft.
Ulf Poschardt • Shitbürgertum (German Edition)
Enlightenment Interrupted: The Lost Moment of German Idealism and the Reactionary Present
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he is one of the most important political thinkers on earth today.
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
The Cambridge History of Modern European Thought: Volume 2, The Twentieth Century
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The transformation of the marriage of Freud and Marx, however, from shotgun status to one of genuine love was to take place at the hands of two men, one informally associated with the Frankfurt School, the other perhaps its most significant and influential activist intellectual:
Wilhelm Reich and Herbert Marcuse, respectively. These two figures are
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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hegel and the Philosophy of Right (Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks)
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