“The seventeenth century is everywhere a time in which the state's power over everything individual increases, whether that power be in absolutist hands or may be considered the result of a contract, etc. People begin to dispute the sacred right of the individual ruler or authority without being aware that at the same time they are playing into the hands of a colossal state power.” PeopleMayStatesHandsIndividualResultsCenturyAuthorityIncreaseSacredEtcContractsRulersDisputesColossal Book:Judgements on History and Historians Source: Judgements on History and Historians
“Neither in the life of the individual nor in that of mankind is it desirable to know the future.” KnowsIndividualMankindFutureDesirable Author:Jacob Burckhardt
