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12-05-2006, 08:49 PM

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Nogrod

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

Does change always mean a defeat of hope? I don't think so.

If you ask Nietzsche, Tolstoy, Jünger, Heidegger... yes it does. But if you ask the enlightenment philosophers, Marx, J.S. Mill, the socialist movement, the technocrats... no it doesn't. Change is for the better or worse.

But as a true romantic, J.R.R. did not love change?

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Last edited by Nogrod; 12-05-2006 at 09:16 PM. Reason: Changed a dot to a question mark in the end... A nice shift of meaning.

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