Konstantin Leontiev Quotes on Politics
Konstantin Nikolayevich Leontiev was a Russian philosopher of culture, novelist, and former diplomat in the Ottoman Empire and one of the most uncompromising conservative voices of late imperial Russia. This page collects quotes attributed to Konstantin Leontiev on the topic of politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Konstantin Leontiev:
“Diversity of complexity is life; uniformity of simplification is death.”
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Attributed to Konstantin Leontiev:
“Modern liberalism flattens what culture has long made fruitful.”
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Attributed to Konstantin Leontiev:
“Russia must remain Byzantine if she is to remain Russia.”
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Attributed to Konstantin Leontiev:
“Suffering is the matrix in which great cultures are formed.”