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# Max Weber

(1864–1920)   Jurist

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Max Weber was a jurist, best known for *Die Säugetiere*.

## Quick Facts About Max Weber

Born April 21, 1864

Died June 14, 1920

Profession Jurist

Notable works Die Säugetiere

## About Max Weber

Maximilian Carl Emil Weber was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally. His ideas continue to influence social theory and research.

##  Quotes by Max Weber · Page 2

> [Certainly all historical experience confirms the truth - that man would not have attained the possible unless time and again he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/certainly-all-historical-experience-confirms-the-truth-that-man-would/)

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> [Puritanism carried the ethos of the rational organization of capital and labor. It took over from the Jewish ethic only what was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/puritanism-carried-the-ethos-of-the-rational-organization-of-capital/)

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> [“it is not true that good can follow only from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/it-is-not-true-that-good-can-follow-only-from-good-and-evil-only-from/)

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> [The organization of ofices follows the principle of hierarchy ... each lower office is under the control and supervision of a higher one](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/the-organization-of-ofices-follows-the-principle-of-hierarchy-each/)

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> [Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/power-is-the-chance-to-impose-your-will-within-a-social-context-even/)

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> [The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/the-fate-of-our-times-is-characterized-by-rationalization-and-2/)

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> [“The ultimately possible attitudes toward life are irreconcilable, and hence their struggle can never be brought to a final conclusion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/the-ultimately-possible-attitudes-toward-life-are-irreconcilable-and/)

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> [The primary task of a useful teacher is to teach his students to recognize 'inconvenient' facts - I mean facts that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/the-primary-task-of-a-useful-teacher-is-to-teach-his-students-to/)

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> [“In Baxter’s view the care for external goods should only lie on the shoulders of the “saint like a light cloak, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/in-baxter-s-view-the-care-for-external-goods-should-only-lie-on-the/)

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> [“Calvinist believers were psychologically isolated. Their distance from God could only be precariously bridged, and their inner tensions only partially relieved, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/calvinist-believers-were-psychologically-isolated-their-distance-from/)

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> [ \[In\] the realm of science, ... what we have achieved will be obsolete in ten, twenty or fifty years. That is the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/in-the-realm-of-science-what-we-have-achieved-will-be-obsolete-in-ten/)

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> [“No sociologist, for instance, should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/no-sociologist-for-instance-should-think-himself-too-good-even-in-his/)

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> [The capacity for the accomplishment of religious virtuosos the "intellectual sacrifice" is the decisive characteristic of the positively religious man. That this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/the-capacity-for-the-accomplishment-of-religious-virtuosos-the/)

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> [Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps never again in his lifetime, that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/only-by-strict-specialization-can-the-scientific-worker-become-fully/)

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> [Homelessness is the fundamental idea of salvation in Jainism. It means the breaking off of all earthly relations, and therefore, above all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/homelessness-is-the-fundamental-idea-of-salvation-in-jainism-it-means/)

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> [Those human groups that entertain a subjective belief in their common descent because of similarities of physical type or of customs or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/those-human-groups-that-entertain-a-subjective-belief-in-their-common/)

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> [ The summum bonum of this \[Puritan\] ethic is the earning of more and more money combined with the strict avoidance of all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/the-summum-bonum-of-this-puritan-ethic-is-the-earning-of-more-and/)

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> [All knowledge of cultural reality, as may be seen, is always knowledge from particular points of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/all-knowledge-of-cultural-reality-as-may-be-seen-is-always-knowledge/)

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> [It is not true that good can only follow from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/it-is-not-true-that-good-can-only-follow-from-good-and-evil-only-from/)

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> [Causal analysis provides absolutely no value judgment, and a value judgment is absolutely not a causal explanation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/causal-analysis-provides-absolutely-no-value-judgment-and-a-value/)

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> [Only on the assumption of belief in the validity of values is the attempt to espouse value-judgments meaningful. However, to judge the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/only-on-the-assumption-of-belief-in-the-validity-of-values-is-the/)

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> [The fully developed bureaucratic apparatus compares with other organisations exactly as does the machine with the non-mechanical modes of production.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/the-fully-developed-bureaucratic-apparatus-compares-with-other/)

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> [Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he shall not crumble when the world from his point of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/only-he-has-the-calling-for-politics-who-is-sure-that-he-shall-not/)

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> [Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour of a hypothesis that can never be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/whenever-known-and-sufficient-causes-are-available-it-is-anti/)

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> [One cannot prescribe to anyone whether he should follow an ethic of absolute ends or an ethic of responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/one-cannot-prescribe-to-anyone-whether-he-should-follow-an-ethic-of/)

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> [Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/only-he-has-the-calling-for-politics-who-is-sure-that-he-will-not/)

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> [All research in the cultural sciences in an age of specialization, once it is oriented towards a given subject matter through particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/all-research-in-the-cultural-sciences-in-an-age-of-specialization/)

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> [The modern view of criminal justice, broadly, is that public concern with morality or expediency decrees expiation for the violation of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/the-modern-view-of-criminal-justice-broadly-is-that-public-concern/)

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> [Social economic problems do not exist everywhere that an economic event plays a role as cause or effect - since problems arise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/social-economic-problems-do-not-exist-everywhere-that-an-economic/)

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> [The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/the-career-of-politics-grants-a-feeling-of-power-the-knowledge-of/)

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> [It is not astonishing that there are many journalists who have become human failures and worthless men. Rather, it is astonishing that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/it-is-not-astonishing-that-there-are-many-journalists-who-have-become/)

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> [Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/precision-speed-unambiguity-knowledge-of-files-continuity-discretion/)

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> [The so-called 'materialistic conception of history,' with the crude elements of genius of the early form which appeared, for instance, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/the-so-called-materialistic-conception-of-history-with-the-crude/)

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> [“Judgments of the importance of a historical phenomena may be judgments of value or faith, namely, when they refer to what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/judgments-of-the-importance-of-a-historical-phenomena-may-be/)

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> [In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut up and obey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/in-a-democracy-the-people-choose-a-leader-in-whom-they-trust-then-the/)

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> [The fate of an epoch that has eaten of the tree of knowledge is that it must...recognize that general views of life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/the-fate-of-an-epoch-that-has-eaten-of-the-tree-of-knowledge-is-that/)

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> [A fully developed bureaucratic mechanism stands in the same relationship to other forms as does the machine to the non-mechanical production of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-weber/a-fully-developed-bureaucratic-mechanism-stands-in-the-same/)

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