Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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"Directly Kant hears the word “law” pronounced he takes his hat off; he neither wishes nor dares to dispute. He who says “law” says “power”; he who says “power” says “submission” – for man’s supreme virtue is to submit himself. P. 23"
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Lev Shestov
Philosophy
Christian existentialism
1866–1938
"What can be more terrible than not to know whether one is alive or dead? “Justice” should insist that this knowledge or this ignorance should be the prerogative of every human being. p. 3"
27 quotes
Mikhail Bakhtin
Philosophy
Western philosophy
1895–1975
"Language is not a neutral medium that passes freely and easily into the private property of the speaker's intentions; it is populated—overpopulated—with the intentions of others."
3 quotes
Olga Rozanova
Art
Suprematism
1886–1918
"The Bases of the New Creation and the Reasons Why It Is Misunderstood."
5 quotes
Lev Mekhlis
Military
1889–1953
"Our war with the capitalist world will be a just and progressive war. The Red Army will act decisively, seeking complete defeat and destruction of the enemy, transferring combat operations to the territory of the enemy."
6 quotes
Alexander Blok
Literature
Symbolism
1880–1921
"O, my Russia! O, wife! The long road is clear to us to the point of pain. Our road – like a Tatar arrow of ancient will has pierced our breast."
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"What can be more terrible than not to know whether one is alive or dead? “Justice” should insist that this knowledge or this ignorance should be the prerogative of every human being. p. 3"
— Lev Shestov, b. 1866View →
"When he was in the settlement Dostoievsky was already especially attracted by these resolute men whom no obstacle could turn from their purpose. He tried by every means in his power to understand their psychology, but he did not succeed. P. 19"
— Lev Shestov, b. 1866View →
"Tolstoy pitilessly stips himself before our eyes. There are few writers who show us truths like these. p. 85"
— Lev Shestov, b. 1866View →
"Spinoza’s formula, “Deus=natura=substantia”, like all conclusions drawn from it in his Ethics and his earlier works, simply means that there is no God. This discovery pf Spinoza’s became the starting point for modern philosophical thought. Foreword p. xxxix"
— Lev Shestov, b. 1866View →
"To ascribe a purpose, even the most modest, the most unimportant, to Nature, is to equate her activity with that of a human being. At bottom it is indifferent whether one assumes that Nature's aim is to preserve the organism or to create a saintly, virtuous, human being. p. 152"
— Lev Shestov, b. 1866View →