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The deflation, or flattening out, of values in Modern art does not necessarily indicate an ethical nihilism. Quite the contrary; in opening our eyes t...more

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This capacity for living easily and familiarly at an extraordinary level of abstraction is the source of modern man's power. With it he has transforme...more

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The happiness of mankind, if it ever should come to pass, would still leave men asking: Why? What point to it? To what end?

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In teaching the young you have to satisfy the schoolchild in yourself and enter the region where all meanings start. That is where, in any case, the p...more

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Even if there were no ear for them but the void, our prayers would still be the only things that sanctify our existence.