II. Oswald Spengler I
GA 214/1922-08-06/p051
·1922-08-06
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English
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And in this on-flowing broth the grease-blobs float with their “Where” and “How.” And when a man—just one such drop of grease—floats in this broth, the “Where” and the “How” really concern only him and his inner tensions, his waking existence. What he does as a historical being proceeds from sleep.
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