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... existence of this common enemy was like a life - belt keeping the association afloat . When the common enemy has been removed by defeat , the association that was launched on his account has to sink or swim without the unintended but ...
... existence of this common enemy was like a life - belt keeping the association afloat . When the common enemy has been removed by defeat , the association that was launched on his account has to sink or swim without the unintended but ...
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... existence lies outside history . On this view , this world is wholly meaningless and evil . The task of the soul in this world is to endure it , to detach itself from it , to get out of it . This is the view of the Bud- dhist , Stoic ...
... existence lies outside history . On this view , this world is wholly meaningless and evil . The task of the soul in this world is to endure it , to detach itself from it , to get out of it . This is the view of the Bud- dhist , Stoic ...
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... existence lies outside history thus proves to be no less re- pellent than the antithetical view which we examined first ; yet , in this case , as in that , there is an element of truth un- derlying the mistaken belief . While it is not ...
... existence lies outside history thus proves to be no less re- pellent than the antithetical view which we examined first ; yet , in this case , as in that , there is an element of truth un- derlying the mistaken belief . While it is not ...
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My View of History | 3 |
The Present Point in History | 16 |
Does History Repeat Itself? | 29 |
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