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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937) was a Czech philosopher, sociologist, and statesman who served as the founding president of Czechoslovakia. Intellectually, he critiqued Marxism and positivism in works like The Czech Question and The Social Question , championing a humanist, democratic ethos grounded in realism and ethical responsibility. His synthesis of Czech national identity with Western philosophical traditions, particularly through his writings on religion and modernity, profoundly shaped Central European thought.

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History The New Europe (Az új Európa) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

The book presents the war as a conflict between two political principles.

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Economics Principles of Socialist Society (Nachala sot︠s︡īalisticheskago obshchestva) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk’s Principles of Socialist Society argues that socialism is a moral project grounded in humanity and…

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Cultural Studies Carpatho-Russian Collection (Karpatorusskīĭ sbornik) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Masaryk positions the Carpatho-Russian people as a distinct Slavic branch neglected by European scholarship, framing his systematic study…

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Cultural Studies From Masaryk’s Works (Aus Masaryks Werken) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

The entry is a concise biographical sketch rather than an analysis of Masaryk's own writings, presenting factual claims…

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19th Century Palacký’s Idea of the Czech Nation (Palackého idea národa českého) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Masaryk’s interpretive essay reconstructs Palacký’s moral idea of the Czech nation as a historical community defined by a…

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Biography The Making of a State – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk’s participant’s account narrates the wartime political and diplomatic campaign that led to the creation of…

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19th Century The Scientific and Philosophical Crisis of Contemporary Marxism (La crise scientifique et philosophique du Marxisme contemporain) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

The work is structured as an extended conversation, allowing Masaryk to range across political and philosophical questions of…

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19th Century Open Letter to Dr. Jan Kvíčala (Otevřený list panu dru. Janu Kvíčalovi, zemskému poslanci a členu zemského výboru a t.d.) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

The Otevřený list panu dru. Janu Kvíčalovi is a polemical pamphlet by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, who later became…

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Gender Studies On Woman (O ženě) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk’s On Woman is a historical and philosophical treatise arguing that women’s emancipation is a central…

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History Nationalism and Internationalism of Social Democracy (Natsionalizm i internatsionalizm sotsial’demokratii) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Masaryk argued that nationality and international solidarity are not mutually exclusive but interconnected principles.

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Christian Theology Jan Hus – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Masaryk's governing claim is that the Czech Reformation was above all an ethical movement.

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History of Philosophy Away from Rome (Los von Rom) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Los von Rom (Away from Rome) was written by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the Czech philosopher, sociologist, and later…

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19th Century Russia and Europe (La Russia e l’Europa) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Russia and Europe is Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk's extended study of Russian civilization, known in Czech as Rusko a…

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Economics Eight Hours of Work (Osm hodin práce) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk's Eight Hours of Work argues for a statutory eight-hour working day as a question of…

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History American Lectures (Americké přednášky) – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

American Lectures (Americké přednášky) is a work by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the philosopher, sociologist, and later first president…

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