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... human values and all conceivable paths to human fulfilment will exist side by side , not merely without loss to one another , but in a state of mutual en- hancement . For Vico , the outlooks , activities and goals of men are necessarily ...
... human values and all conceivable paths to human fulfilment will exist side by side , not merely without loss to one another , but in a state of mutual en- hancement . For Vico , the outlooks , activities and goals of men are necessarily ...
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... humanity in the future , the realisation of which justified the suffering and sacrifice of present generations . He believed , like Stirner , that individual human beings should not be sacrificed on the altar of abstractions whether in ...
... humanity in the future , the realisation of which justified the suffering and sacrifice of present generations . He believed , like Stirner , that individual human beings should not be sacrificed on the altar of abstractions whether in ...
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... human or divine , is ultimately to deny too much of what all men know immediately and most vividly to be the truth about themselves , and often enough to confine , stunt and mutilate them , with consequences some of which these essays ...
... human or divine , is ultimately to deny too much of what all men know immediately and most vividly to be the truth about themselves , and often enough to confine , stunt and mutilate them , with consequences some of which these essays ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
Introduction by Roger Hausheer | xiii |
The CounterEnlightenment I | xxv |
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