I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific.
There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime. - Lion Feuchtwanger
There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.
- Lion Feuchtwanger
I should add that it is open to debate whether what we call the writing of history these days is truly scientific. - Lion Feuchtwanger
Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contempor… - Lion Feuchtwanger
Ever since my youth it has disturbed me that of the literary works that survived their own epoch, so many dealt with historical rather than contempor…
From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past. - Lion Feuchtwanger
From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.
Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit… - Lion Feuchtwanger
Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit…
What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity. - Lion Feuchtwanger
What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity.
After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date as … - Lion Feuchtwanger
After closely examining my conscience, I venture to state that in my historical novels I intended the content to be just as modern and up-to-date as …
I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my presentat… - Lion Feuchtwanger
I have always made an effort to render every detail of my reality with the greatest accuracy; but I have never paid attention to whether my presentat…
It is only the strong who are strengthened by suffering; the weak are made weaker. - Lion Feuchtwanger
It is only the strong who are strengthened by suffering; the weak are made weaker.
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