The Spirit Is Never At Rest, But

When Needs And Means Become Abstract In Quality, Abstraction Is Also A Character Of The Reciprocal Relation Of Individuals To Oneanother. This Abstract Character, Universality, Is The Character Of Being Recognized And Is The Moment Which Makes Concrete, I.e. Social, The Isolated And Abstract Needs And Their Ways And Means Of Satisfaction.

We Assert Then That Nothing Has Been Accomplished Without Interest On The Part Of The Actors; And — If Interest Be Called Passion, Inasmuch As The Whole Individuality, To The Neglect Of All Other Actual Or Possible Interests And Claims, Is Devoted To An Object With Every Fibre Of Volition, Concentrating All Its Desires And Powers Upon It — We May Affirm Absolutely That Nothing Great In The World Has Been Accomplished Without Passion.

Only One Man Ever Understood Me, And He Didn't Understand Me

Each Of The Parts Of Philosophy Is A Philosophical Whole, A Circle Rounded And Complete In Itself. In Each Of These Parts, However, The Philosophical Idea Is Found In A Particular Specificality Or Medium. The Single Circle, Because It Is A Real Totality, Bursts Through The Limits Imposed By Its Special Medium, And Gives Rise To A Wider Circle. The Whole Of Philosophy In This Way Resembles A Circle Of Circles. The Idea Appears In Each Single Circle, But, At The Same Time, The Whole Idea Is Constituted By The System Of These Peculiar Phases, And Each Is A Necessary Member Of The Organisation.

The True Courage Of Civilized Nations Is Readiness For Sacrifice In The Service Of The State, So That The Individual Counts As Only One Amongst Many. The Important Thing Here Is Not Personal Mettle But Aligning Oneself With The Universal.