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2 days ago · Lars Eidinger stars in this portrayal of an East German careerist, inspired by the life and death of Werner Teske. Franz Walter has just completed his engineering degree when the East German foreign intelligence agency makes him an attractive offer. Dazzled by the many privileges that the new job brings, Franz accepts.
5 days ago · Our Man in Paris. July 4, 2024. Paul Krause. Essays, History, Politics, Reprint. Alexis De Tocqueville was not an American. But as a political observer and theorist, he is more American than any American; he is also the quintessential writer of the conservative disposition in the United States. Originally sent to study the American prison ...
1 day ago · Nikola Tesla ( / ˈtɛslə /; [2] Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Тесла, [nǐkola têsla]; 10 July [ O.S. 28 June] 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American [3] [4] inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist. He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply ...
3 days ago · Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917.
3 days ago · Ten years after Stalin’s death, in 1963, the Egyptian-French political scientist Anouar Abdel-Malek (1924–2012) published his article “Orientalism in Crisis,” 57 which gained certain fame in the West for its critique of Western Orientology, and its praise of Oriental studies in socialist Eastern Europe; as Vera Tolz has pointed out, 58 in his first footnote Abdel-Malek referred to the ...
1 day ago · In 1791 he was made managing director of the theatre at Weimar, and in 1794 he began a friendship with the dramatist, historian, and philosopher Friedrich Schiller, whose plays he premiered until Schiller's death in 1805.
Jun 29, 2024 · “If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. tags: inspiration. Read more quotes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Share this quote: Like Quote. Recommend to friends.
