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# Ernst Troeltsch

(1865–1923)   Politician   Germany

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Ernst Troeltsch was a politician from Germany, best known for *Protestantism and Progress*.

## Quick Facts About Ernst Troeltsch

Born February 17, 1865

Died February 1, 1923

Nationality Germany

Profession Politician

Notable works Protestantism and Progress

## About 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.

##  Quotes by Ernst Troeltsch

> [History within itself cannot be transcended. ... In history itself there are only relative victories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-troeltsch/history-within-itself-cannot-be-transcended-in-history-itself-there/)

Ernst Troeltsch

[History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/)

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> [We get our ethics from our history and judge our history by our ethics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-troeltsch/we-get-our-ethics-from-our-history-and-judge-our-history-by-our-ethics/)

Ernst Troeltsch

[Ethics](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ethics/)

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