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On Heroes, Hero-worship, and the Heroic in History, by Thomas Carlyle

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the life-breath of all society, but an effluence of Hero-worship, submissive admiration for the truly great? Society is founded on Hero-worship. All dignities of rank, on which hu

The Case of Wagner"

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the old world, the old society rests. "How can one rid the world of misfortune? How can one abolish the old society?" Only by declaring war against "contracts" (tradition, moralit

Luminist Archives: Emma Goldman: Patriotism - A Menace to Liberty

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among all classes of society. Thousands of young recruits enlist under protest and, once in the army, they will use every possible means to desert. Second, that it is the compulso
Luminist Archives: Emma Goldman: Patriotism - A Menace to Liberty

Democracy we Presume?

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in any complex society necessitates a system of elective representation. The election of representatives of the people is termed the "the democratic process". This process is subj

The Destruction of Humanism in German Ideology by Georg Lukács 1942

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especially for society and history. Pessimism, however, has a more definite, more modern, “historical” character. With Nietzsche, the will to power is indeed the basic

The Biointelligence Explosion as conceived by ChatGPT

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many aspects of society and is a rapidly growing field of research and innovation. However, there are also concerns about the ethical and social implications of AI, such as job di

The Shadow of the Dalai Lama – Part II – 6

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developments in a society and that a collective compulsion to constantly repeat it arises, either symbolically or for real. This compulsive repetition occurs for three reasons: fi

The Shadow of the Dalai Lama – Part I – 9

http://www.trimondi.de/SDLE/Part-1-09.htm

in the state and in society to the warrior type and thus the monarchy. It was a widespread belief at that time that the hypocritical and cunning priestly caste had for centuries i

The Pure in Heart

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in the culture, in society, and in this world that naturally attach themselves to us and disguise our true identity. Sometimes it’s our careers, our family name, or our trad

Macaulay's Essay, "The Task Of The Modern Historian."

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romance for a society which had, in the interval, undergone a complete change. It was all Greek, and all true! The centuries which separated Plutarch from Thucydides seemed as not
[Historians] have fallen into the error of distorting facts to suit general principles -- a little exaggeration, a little suppression, a judicious use of epithets, ... [anything th

Uncle Dale's Old Mormon Articles: Quincy Whig & Argus (1838)

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themselves into a society of pillage and plunder; that is to say, they have agreed by constitutional provision, individually to plunder and steal such moveables as they can lay th

Marty's Musings - Marty Lacker talks about Elvis news - an EIN exclusive

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danger to American society, something so vile, so repulsive, so harmful, his appearances and growing popularity motivated them to publicly decry and attack the young man. ... 


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