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Culture must have its ultimate aim in the metaphysical or it will cease to be culture.

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Johan Huizinga

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The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and hence the abandonment of all ethical standards.

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History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense by establishing strict causal connections.

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May 3, 2024

History creates comprehensibility primarily by arranging facts meaningfully and only in a very limited sense by establishing strict causal connections.

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May 3, 2024

The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and hence the abandonment of all ethical standards.

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