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Joseph de Maistre was a French philosopher known for his conservative political theories, which had a profound impact on 19th-century European political philosophy.

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“What a miserable world!--trouble if we love, and trouble if we do not love.”

Ifs World Love Trouble Miserable

Author:Joseph de Maistre

“The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be sacrificed without end, without restraint, without respite until the consummation of the world, the extinction of evil, the death of death.”

World Life Ends Whole Earth Death Evil Sacrifice Blood Immense Restraint Extinction Living Things Altars Respite

Author:Joseph de Maistre

“War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a supernatural nature which are as much general as particular. War is divine in the mysterious glory that surrounds it and in the no less inexplicable attraction that draws us to it. War is divine by the manner in which it breaks out.”

World War Law Break Divine Particular Glory Draws Consequence Attraction Mysterious War Of The Worlds Surround World War I Break Out Inexplicable

Book:The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment

Source: The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and Enlightenment

“All grandeur, all power, and all subordination to authority rests on the executioner: he is the horror and the bond of human association. Remove this incomprehensible agent from the world and at that very moment order gives way to chaos, thrones topple and society disappears.”

World Way Giving Humans Moments Order Horror Authority Chaos Disappear Agents Remove Association Thrones Grandeur Executioners Subordination

Author:Joseph de Maistre

About the Author

Born: April 1, 1753
Died: February 26, 1821
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 54

Books & Sources

St Petersburg Dialogues: Or Conversations on the Temporal Government of ProvidenceRelated source material

The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion and EnlightenmentRelated source material

The Generative Principle of Political Constitutions: Studies on Sovereignty, Religion, and EnlightenmentRelated source material

Against Rousseau: On the State of Nature and On the Sovereignty of the PeopleRelated source material

The ExecutionerRelated source material

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