1970s, The Humble Programmer (1972)
“The earth has a skin and that skin has diseases; one of its diseases is called man.”
“Nietzsche's life has all the characteristics of a psychological fatality.”
Source: Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy (1958), Chapter Eight, Nietzsche, p. 164
“An Unread Book”, p. 5
The Third Book of Criticism (1969)
“Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.”
When asked by Viereck if he considered himself to be a German or a Jew. A version with slightly different wording is quoted in Einstein: His Life and Universe http://books.google.com/books?id=dJMpQagbz_gC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA386#v=onepage&q&f=false by Walter Isaacson (2007), p. 386
1920s, Viereck interview (1929)
Variant: Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
Context: It is quite possible to be both. I look upon myself as a man. Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
“Contracting a fatal disease.”
In response to a reporter's question, "Are there any circumstances under which you could imagine yourself not still being a candidate when the presidential primaries are held?" (July 2007)
2000s, 2007
Source: The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct
In Theoria residiorum biquadraticorum, Commentatio secunda; Werke, Bd. 2 (Goettingen, 1863), p.177. As quoted by Robert Edouard Moritz in Memorabilia mathematica: the philomath's quotation book (1914) p. 282.
Awake! magazine 1999, 12/8, article: The Most Profound Changes.
“The face of danger is brightest when turned so its features cannot be seen.”
Etaoin Shrdlu (p. 33)
Short fiction, From These Ashes (2000)
Kunnumpuram, Kurien, 2011 “Theological Exploration,” Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies 14/2 (July-Dec 2011)
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