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Unity and Development
Judaism can look back upon a history of some thousands of years. During this period it has learned much and experienced much. Its thought always…
Contributor:
Leo Baeck
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1905
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The Jewish question may be resolved through a new philosophical synthesis and a true reform of moral and religious life for Jews and Christians alike. Just as we must admit that we need reforms across…
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Viktor Vohryzek
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1904
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One must not close one’s ears to the heretic, as the orthodox can easily open his eyes. For this reason, pressure and punishment should never be used against any religion. Debates are useful. But…
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Abraham Gómez Silveira
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
End of the 17th or Beginning of the 18th Century
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The mass mind is eminently retentive. Man, in Nietzsche’s definition, is the being with the longest memory, and José Ortega y Gasset has recently affirmed (in his Toward a Philosophy of History) the…
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Joshua Trachtenberg
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1943
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Why does the name of Orpheus, “the first of the world’s singers,” as Lefranc de Pompignan called him, appear on the title-page of this volume? Because he was not merely “the first singer,”…
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Salomon Reinach
Places:
Paris, French Republic
(Paris, France)
Date:
1909