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20th Century
The 20th century was the period between January 1, 1901 and December 31, 2000 inclusive. It was the tenth and last century of the 2nd millennium. It is distinct from the century known as the 1900s (sometimes written 19XX), which began on January 1, 1900 and ended December 31, 1999.
The century had the first global-scale wars between world powers across continents in World War I and World War II. Nationalism became a major political issue in the world in the 20th century, acknowledged in international law along with the right of nations to self-determination, official decolonization in the mid-c ...more
The century had the first global-scale wars between world powers across continents in World War I and World War II. Nationalism became a major political issue in the world in the 20th century, acknowledged in international law along with the right of nations to self-determination, official decolonization in the mid-c ...more
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Зло 19-го века было злом, еще знавшим о своей противоположности добру. Зло же 20-го века этой противоположности не знает. Типичные люди 20-го века мнят себя, по Ницше, «по ту сторону добра и зла». Это совсем особые люди, бесскорбные и не способные к раскаянию. Думается, что их «великие дела», даже если бы они и породили какие-нибудь положительные результаты, никогда не преобразятся в памяти «благодарного» потомства в светлые подвиги. А впрочем, как знать? Еще неизвестно, какими людьми будут наши
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― Бывшее и несбывшееся
― Бывшее и несбывшееся
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It makes one's heart ache when one sees that a man has staked his soul upon some end, the hopeless imperfection and futility of which is immediately obvious to everyone but himself. But isn't this, after all, merely a matter of degree? Isn't the pathetic grandeur of human existence in some way bound up with the eternal disproportion in this world, where self delusion is necessary to life, between the honesty of the striving and the nullity of the result? That we all—every one of us—take ourselve
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― Markings: Spiritual Poems and Meditations
― Markings: Spiritual Poems and Meditations
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