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Max Weber
Max Weber
German Economist
Born: Apr 21, 1864
Died: Jun 14, 1920
Good Knowledge Politics Responsibility Will World
Related authors: Adam Smith Alan Greenspan E. F. Schumacher John Kenneth Galbraith John Maynard Keynes Milton Friedman Paul A. Volcker Thomas Sowell
One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion. Max Weber
Passion Responsibility Three Feeling Politician Sense Say Proportion Qualities Decisive
Either one lives 'for' politics or one lives 'off' politics. Max Weber
Politics Off Either Lives
The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above all, the feeling of holding in one's hands a nerve fiber of historically important events can elevate the professional politician above everyday routine even when he is placed in formally modest positions. Max Weber
Politics Knowledge Events Men Power Feeling Important Politician Fiber Holding Positions Everyday Nerve Above He Participating Over Historically Hands Influencing Placed Them Modest Grants Professional Even Elevate Routine Career
All knowledge of cultural reality, as may be seen, is always knowledge from particular points of view. Max Weber
Knowledge Reality Seen Points Particular Always Cultural May View
Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance. Max Weber
Integrity Will Power Within Context Opposed Impose Regardless Social Your Even Chance
All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this reality constitutes the object of scientific investigation, and that only it is 'important' in the sense of being 'worthy of being known.' Max Weber
Reality Mind Important Sense Assumption Analysis Worthy Object Tacit Only Rests Finite Investigation Known Scientific Conduct Infinite Human Being Which Human Mind Portion
The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world. Max Weber
World Fate Our Characterized Above Times Disenchantment
Politics means striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state. Max Weber
Politics Power State States Striving Distribution Share Within Influence Either Means Groups Among
The primary task of a useful teacher is to teach his students to recognize 'inconvenient' facts - I mean facts that are inconvenient for their party opinions. Max Weber
Teacher Party Recognize Facts Students Primary Opinions His Task Mean Teach Useful Inconvenient
Causal analysis provides absolutely no value judgment, and a value judgment is absolutely not a causal explanation. Max Weber
Value Judgment Analysis Absolutely Absolutely Not Causal Provides Explanation
'Culture' is a finite segment of the meaningless infinity of the world process, a segment on which human beings confer meaning and significance. Max Weber
Culture World Significance Segment Finite Infinity Human Human Beings Process Which Meaning Meaningless Beings
Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour of a hypothesis that can never be verified. Max Weber
Favour Never Hypothesis Discard Known Verified Causes Whenever Available Them Sufficient

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