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I wished to show that space-time is not necessarily something to which one can ascribe a separate existence, independently of the actual objects of physical reality. Physical objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially
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“The fact that education, that development–and not ‘the Reich’–is itself a goal, the fact that you need educators–and not schoolteachers or university scholars–to reach this goal, people have forgotten this”
― Nietzsche: The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols: And Other Writings
― Nietzsche: The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols: And Other Writings
“Constantinople’s perennial conspirators destroyed yet another man who had fought for God and empire; and in both cases Muslim posterity told of Allah’s vengeance on the Dogs of Rome who most defied him.”
― Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
― Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
“The situation in which a person, imagining fondly that he is in charge of his own destiny, is, in fact, the sport of circumstances beyond his control, is always fascinating.”
― A Coffin for Dimitrios
― A Coffin for Dimitrios
“The sad fact is that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business, and it is likely to remain that way.”
― The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
― The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
“In an atmosphere where compromise is viewed as akin to sedition, the result is a dynamic in which national security is often the victim.”
― National Security for a New Era
― National Security for a New Era
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