i´m reading God and the state by Mikhail Bakunin at the moment.
very good and interesting read
What do you think about him?
utopian?
anti-Semitic?
some Bakunin quotes:
“The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.”
“To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.”
"All religions, with their gods, demigods, prophets, messiahs and saints, are the product of the fancy and credulity of men who have not yet reached the full development and complete possession of their intellectual powers."
"Everything will past, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain."
- about Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
"From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. "
"Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will."