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Page xxxv
... both views , so far as they go , are true . Only both sides cannot be viewed , cannot be felt , at once ; and , for that reason , are faulty and C2 misleading . Let me emphasize that they cannot be seen INTRODUCTION XXXV.
... both views , so far as they go , are true . Only both sides cannot be viewed , cannot be felt , at once ; and , for that reason , are faulty and C2 misleading . Let me emphasize that they cannot be seen INTRODUCTION XXXV.
Page xxxvi
... reason for pro- tracting the atrocious doings described , for instance by Barbusse in Le Feu , and which , just because part and parcel of legitimate military operations , were far more extensive , continuous and thorough - going than ...
... reason for pro- tracting the atrocious doings described , for instance by Barbusse in Le Feu , and which , just because part and parcel of legitimate military operations , were far more extensive , continuous and thorough - going than ...
Page xlix
... reason by the fiery hissings and cruel sobs of Indignation and Pity , will now have been brought to intellectual maturity , to sober self - questioning , by the war itself . The unexampled magnitude of the war's sacrifice , the paltry ...
... reason by the fiery hissings and cruel sobs of Indignation and Pity , will now have been brought to intellectual maturity , to sober self - questioning , by the war itself . The unexampled magnitude of the war's sacrifice , the paltry ...
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... reason . THE MUSE . A different reason ! Indeed ! Is it presuming on your friendly condescension and the intense interest which History has always taken in what pertains to evil , is it indis- creet to ask what kind of reason ? SATAN ...
... reason . THE MUSE . A different reason ! Indeed ! Is it presuming on your friendly condescension and the intense interest which History has always taken in what pertains to evil , is it indis- creet to ask what kind of reason ? SATAN ...
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... reason . Man was not yet ; hence neither good nor evil . But in the lowest brutes already pain and pleasure emerged , the great creative poles determining life's tides . And at once I seized upon them for my purpose , employing pleasure ...
... reason . Man was not yet ; hence neither good nor evil . But in the lowest brutes already pain and pleasure emerged , the great creative poles determining life's tides . And at once I seized upon them for my purpose , employing pleasure ...
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