Jacob Burckhardt Quote

In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end to the whole.


Force and Freedom: Reflections on History (ed. 1964)


In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end...

In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end...

In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end...

In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end...