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The general idea is always an abstraction and, for that very reason, in some sort a negation of real life. And every time that scientific men, emergi… - Mikhail Bakunin
" "The general idea is always an abstraction and, for that very reason, in some sort a negation of real life. And every time that scientific men, emerging from their abstract world, mingle with living creation in the real world, all that they propose or create is poor, ridiculously abstract, bloodless and lifeless, still-born, like the homunculus created by Wagner, the pedantic disciple of the immortal Doctor Faust.
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About Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (Russian: Михаил Александрович Бакунин) (30 May 1814 – 1 July 1876) was a Russian political philosopher, anarchist, and noted atheist.
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Native Name:
Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Баку́нин
Alternative Names:
Michael Bakunin
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Michail Alexandrovich Bakunin
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A. M. Bakunin
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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin
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Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin
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