Undoubtedly, one comes closer to the truth when one sees history as the expression of the class struggle rather than a series of private quarrels among kings and nobles. But precisely because such an analysis of history comes closer to the truth, it is more dangerous. It gives the illusion of full knowledge; it supplies answers to all questions, answers which merely run around in a circle repeating a few formulas.

Vulgarized knowledge characteristically gives birth to a feeling that everything is understandable and explained. It is like a system of bridges built over cha…

The pressure of an all-powerful totalitarian state creates an emotional tension in its citizens that determines their acts. When people are divided into 'loyal…

As long as a society's best minds were occupied by theological questions, it was possible to speak of a given religion as the way of thinking of the whole soci…