Henry Beston
American writer (1888-1968)
Max Nordau
Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849-1923)
Max Simon Nordauwas a Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic.
He was a co-founder of the Zionist Organization together with Theodor Herzl, and president or vice-president of several Zionist congresses.
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About the Max Nordau
Max Simon Nordauwas a Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic.
He was a co-founder of the Zionist Organization together with Theodor Herzl, and president or vice-president of several Zionist congresses.
As a social critic, he wrote The Conventional Lies of Our Civilisation (1883), Degeneration (1892), and Paradoxes (1896). Although not his most popular or successful work whilst alive, Degeneration is the book most often remembered and cited today.
4 Quotes by Max Nordau
- 1.
The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind.
Max NordauZionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849-1923)
- 2.
Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles… respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law… or, in a word justice.
Max NordauZionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849-1923)
- 3.
If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.
Max NordauZionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849-1923)
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It is well to be alone. It fertilizes the creative impulse.
Max NordauZionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849-1923)