The urge for destruction is also a creative urge! — Mikhail Bakunin · Skopia

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The urge for destruction is also a creative urge!

Mikhail Bakunin

1842

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Destructive impulses Creative impulse Creativity

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Mikhail Bakunin

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Bakunin, Michael (published as Jules Elysard). "Die Reaktion in Deutschland." Jahrbuch für Wissenschaft und Kunst. c. 1842.

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