In 1926: living at the edge of time - Monoskop

INDIVIDUALITY VS. COLLECTIVITY 301
indeed a bad thing) is that there are never enough of them" (Brecht, "Aus
Notizbiichern," 16). In contrast, Karl Holl, the head of Berlin's Humboldt
University, quotes Hegel, Prussia's state-philosopher, when he
speaks-without irony but with obvious tautology-about great individuals:
"The great protagonists of world history are those who, instead
of focusing on subjective imaginings and opinions, have willed and
achieved what was appropriate and necessary-those who know what
is timely and necessary because they have seen it with their inner eye"
(Holl, 19).
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Airplanes, Assembly Lines, Dancing, Employees, Engineers, Ocean Liners,
Murder, Stars, Action vs. Impotence, Center vs. Periphery, Present
vs. Past, Silence vs. Noise, Individuality = Collectivity (Leader), Immanence
= Transcendence (Death)
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