Who said “We, when we sow the seeds of doubt deeper than the most up-to-date and modish…”?

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Thomas Mann. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourceThe Magic Mountain (1924)

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“We, when we sow the seeds of doubt deeper than the most up-to-date and modish free-thought has ever dreamed of doing, we well know what we are about. Only out of radical skeptics, out of moral chaos, can the Absolute spring, the anointed Terror of which the time has need.”
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APA

Mann, T. (n.d.). We, when we sow the seeds of doubt deeper than the most up-to-date and modish free-thought has ever dreamed of doing, we well know what we are about. Only out of radical skeptics, out of moral chaos, can the Absolute spring, the anointed Terror of which the time has need. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38049-we-when-we-sow-the-seeds-of-doubt/

MLA

Mann, Thomas. “We, when we sow the seeds of doubt deeper than the most up-to-date and modish free-thought has ever dreamed of doing, we well know what we are about. Only out of radical skeptics, out of moral chaos, can the Absolute spring, the anointed Terror of which the time has need.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38049-we-when-we-sow-the-seeds-of-doubt/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Mann, Thomas. “We, when we sow the seeds of doubt deeper than the most up-to-date and modish free-thought has ever dreamed of doing, we well know what we are about. Only out of radical skeptics, out of moral chaos, can the Absolute spring, the anointed Terror of which the time has need.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/38049-we-when-we-sow-the-seeds-of-doubt/.