“Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.”

“He loved her with the fire of a thousand suns, she was his solace in the chaos, his redemption.”

“Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.”

“Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism.”

“Without Revolutionary theory, there can be no Revolutionary Movement.”

“The feminine section of the proletarian army is of particularly great significance... the success of a revolution depends on the extent to which women take part in it.”

“Maybe each human being lives in a unique world, a private world different from those inhabited and experienced by all other humans. . . If reality differs from person to person, can we speak of rea...”

“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.”

“And although I have seen nothing but black crows in my life, it doesn't mean that there's no such thing as a white crow. Both for a philosopher and for a scientist it can be important not to reject...”

“The only way to survive such shitty times, if you ask me, is to write and read big, fat books, you know? And Im writing now another book on Hegelian dialectics, subjectivity, ontology, quantum phys...”

“Spinoza formulated the profoundly important principle that *all determination is negation*. To determine a thing is to cut it off from some sphere of being and so to limit it. To define is to set b...”

“War is progress, peace is stagnation”