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Egon Friedell, a historian born on January 21, 1878, and died on March 16, 1938. He is renowned for his in-depth research on the history of Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

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All World Artist Light Loses Reality Affinity Age Aging Art Art Is Artistic Aspect Cases Certain Chemicals Conditions Core Destiny Doe Electricity

Famous Egon Friedell Quotes

“The artist's view of the world and mankind is that which seeks as far as possible to lose itself in its object, illuminating it not from the outside by some light foreign to it, but from within, deriving light from its own core.”

World Light Artist Loses Views Mankind Objects Core Illuminating

Book:A Cultural History of the Modern Age Vol. 1: Renaissance and Reformation

Source: A Cultural History of the Modern Age Vol. 1: Renaissance and Reformation

“God does not rule the world outwardly by gravitation and chemical affinity, but inwardly in the heart of man: as is your soul, so will the destiny be of the world in which you live and do.”

Men World Heart Doe Soul Religion Destiny Your Soul Chemicals Affinity Gravitation

Book:A Cultural History of the Modern Age Vol. 1: Renaissance and Reformation

Source: A Cultural History of the Modern Age Vol. 1: Renaissance and Reformation

“We can never see the world other than incompletely: deliberately to see it as incomplete is to create an artistic aspect.”

World Aspect Artistic Incomplete

Book:A Cultural History of the Modern Age Vol. 1: Renaissance and Reformation

Source: A Cultural History of the Modern Age Vol. 1: Renaissance and Reformation

About the Author

Born: January 21, 1878
Died: March 16, 1938
Known for: Historian
Quotes: 9

Books & Sources

A Cultural History of the Modern Age Vol. 1: Renaissance and ReformationRelated source material

A Cultural History of the Modern Age: Introduction. book 1. Renaissance and reformation, from the black death to the thirty years' warRelated source material

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