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“Great men are necessary for our life, in order that the movement of world history can free itself sporadically, by fits and starts, from obsolete ways of living and inconsequential talk.”

Quote by Jacob Burckhardt

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Jacob Burckhardt

Jacob Burckhardt was a Swiss historian renowned for his studies of the Renaissance in Italy. His work 'The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy' has had a profound impact on subsequent generations. more

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