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5 timestamped hits 1 source reading 2 extracted notes Aliases: ethic, ethics, protestant-ethics

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Protestant ethic

Work hard, save money, and read worldly success as evidence of divine favor.

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Lecture claim dated 2025-03-27.

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John Wesley summarizes Protestant economic ethics as gaining all one can, saving all one can, and thereby growing rich as a calling.

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The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"We must exhort all Christians to gain all they can and to save all they can. That is, in effect, to grow rich, all..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"Even though most people are not Protestants, Protestant, the work ethic, the belief system, has conquered the world. Germany, Britain, United States are the..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"He's trying to explain why is it that Protestants are a lot wealthier than Catholics in general, okay? And this is what he has..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"And to combat all doubts as temptations of the devil, since lack of self -confidence is the result of insufficient faith and hence of..."

The Iron Cage Of Protestant Anxiety

2025-03-27, day precision · Civilization #42: The Protestant Reformation and the Birth of Capitalism

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"So this idea of, you have anxiety? How do you deal with anxiety? Work, work, work. Okay? OCD, obsessive compulsive behavior. What kind of..."

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