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Just as Darwin discovered the law of development of organic nature, so Marx discovered the law of development of human history: the simple fact, hitherto concealed by an overgrowth of ideology, that mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing, before it can pursue politics, science, art, religion, etc. ”
For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence. ”
The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder. ”
The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said. ”
Human life is beyond comprehension. ”
The evolution of humans can not only be seen as the grand total of their wars; it is also defined by the evolution of the human mind and the development of the human consciousness. ”
Intellects whose desires have outstripped their understanding. ”
Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order. ”
A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers. ”
Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle. ”