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Forgetfulness, the unhistorical, is … the atmosphere, in which alone life can come into being. In order to understand it, let us imagine a youth who is seized with a passion for a woman, or a man who is swayed by a passion for his work. In both cases what lies behind them has ceased to exist and yet this state (the most unhistorical that can be imagined) is that in which every action, every great deed is conceived and accomplished.

Georg Brandes

Georg Brandes

Georg Brandes

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Born: February 4, 1842

Died: February 19, 1927 (aged 85)

Bio: Georg Brandes, born Morris Cohen, was a Danish critic and scholar who greatly influenced Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century.

Known for:

Impressions of Russia (1889)
The world at war (1917)
Lord Beaconsfield; a study
Eminent authors of the nineteenth century (1886)

Most used words:

man, culture, life, morality, state, exist, love, years, noble, opinions, time, bad, historical, child, age

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