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Albert Einstein, 1921. Albert Einstein's religious views have been widely studied and often misunderstood. [1] Albert Einstein stated "I believe in Spinoza's God". [2] He did not believe in a personal God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings, a view which he described as naïve. [3]
The World as I See It is a book by Albert Einstein translated from the German by A. Harris and published in 1935 by John Lane The Bodley Head (London). The original German book is Mein Weltbild by Albert Einstein, first published in 1934 by Rudolf Kayser, with an essential extended edition published by Carl Seelig in 1954. [ 1 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. Einstein in 1947 This article is part of a series about Albert Einstein Personal Political views Religious views Family Oppenheimer relationship Physics General relativity Mass–energy equivalence (E=MC 2) Brownian motion Photoelectric effect Works Archives Scientific publications by ...
Albert Einstein, Sidney Hook et al. signed a 4 December 1948 letter published in the New York Times [2] Sidney Hook was born on December 20, 1902, in Brooklyn, New York City, to Jennie and Isaac Hook, Austrian Jewish immigrants. He became a supporter of the Socialist Party of America during the Debs era when he was in high school. [citation needed]
Might makes right" or "might is right" is an aphorism that asserts that those who hold power are the origin of morality, and they control a society's view of right and wrong. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Montague defined kratocracy or kraterocracy (from the Ancient Greek : κράτος , romanized : krátos , lit.
The British critic and mountaineer Leslie Stephen was a prominent supporter of Ethical Culture in the UK, serving multiple terms as President of the West London Ethical Society, and was involved in the creation of the Union of Ethical Societies. [36] [37] Albert Einstein was a supporter of Ethical Culture. On the seventy-fifth anniversary of ...
Albert Einstein advocated for a socialist planned economy with his 1949 article "Why Socialism?" According to Einstein, the profit motive of a capitalist society , in conjunction with competition among capitalists, leads to unnecessary cycles of booms and depressions, and ultimately encourages selfishness instead of cooperation. [ 3 ]
The book serves as both a biography of Albert Einstein and a catalog of his works and scientific achievements. [9] [13] Though there were several well-known biographies of Einstein prior to the book's publication, this was the first which focused on his scientific research, as opposed to his life as a popular figure.