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“For behind is our animality and before us our humanity; human light, the only thing that can warm and enlighten us, the only thing that can emancipate us, give us dignity, freedom, and happiness, and realize fraternity among us, is never at the beginning, but, relatively to the epoch in which we live, always at the end of history.”

Quote by Mikhail Bakunin

Book:God and the State
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God and the State

This book delves into the complex interplay between religious beliefs and political systems, offering a critical examination of the influence of religion on statecraft. more

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Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin

Mikhail Bakunin, born on May 30, 1814, and died on July 1, 1876, was a significant thinker and revolutionary from Russia. His ideas had a profound impact on the later anarcho-syndicalist movement. more

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