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Since God is silent, man is his own master; he must live in a disenchanted world, submit everything to criticism, and make his own way.

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The ideas of theologians are refuted by their adversaries, the ideas of scientists are refuted by their followers.

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Peter Gay

Peter Gay

Born: June 20, 1923
Died: May 12, 2015 (aged 91)
Bio: Peter Gay was an American historian, educator and author. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University and former director of the New York Public Library's Center for Scholars and Writers.
Known for:
  1. Freud: A Life For Our Time (1988)
  2. Modernism: The Lure of Heresy (2007)
  3. Weimar culture: the outsider as insider (1968)

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