“The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.”
— Thomas Mann
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For the sake of goodness and love,
“For the sake of goodness and love, man shall let death have no sovereignty over his thoughts.”
— Thomas Mann
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Category: death
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It is a strange fact that freedom
“It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive.”
— Thomas Mann
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War is only a cowardly escape from
“War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.”
— Thomas Mann
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It is love, not reason, that is
“It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.”
— Thomas Mann
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Everything is politics.
“Everything is politics.”
— Thomas Mann
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I never can understand how anyone can
“I never can understand how anyone can not smoke it deprives a man of the best part of life. With a good cigar in his mouth a man is perfectly safe, nothing can touch him, literally.”
— Thomas Mann
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Category: best
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The only religious way to think of
“The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.”
— Thomas Mann
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A great truth is a truth whose
“A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.”
— Thomas Mann
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Category: truth
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It is a strange fact that freedom
“It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy, are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered, freedom and equality are mutually exclusive, just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive.”
— Thomas Mann
Author: Thomas Mann
Category: freedom
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What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous
“What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history in German intellectual life.”
— Thomas Mann
Author: Thomas Mann
Category: history
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