Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Ernst Troeltsch

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German writer Ernst Troeltsch.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Ernst Troeltsch

Ernst Peter Wilhelm Troeltsch was a German liberal Protestant theologian, a writer on the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of history, and a classical liberal politician. He was a member of the history of religions school. His work was a synthesis of a number of strands, drawing on Albrecht Ritschl, Max Weber's conception of sociology, and the Baden school of neo-Kantianism.

History within itself cannot be transcended. ... In history itself there are only relative victories. — © Ernst Troeltsch
History within itself cannot be transcended. ... In history itself there are only relative victories.
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