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Русский · C2

Лабиринты субъективной историософии

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The historical process presents itself as a grandiose labyrinth of irrational fluctuations.
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Naive teleological determinism gives way before the chaotic entropy of human passions.
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Analyzing fateful historical fractures, the researcher rejects oversimplified causal schemata.
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Empires inexorably collapse not so much due to external expansion as owing to internal involution.
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The loss of a metaphysical core inevitably entails a comprehensive axiological degradation.
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Blinded by momentary triumph, rulers imagine themselves in vain to be absolute demiurges of the future.
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However, the cunning of historical reason masterfully turns their ambitions into their exact opposite.
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Heeding the silent murmur of epochs, the philosopher discerns the cyclical nature of civilizational crises.
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Every ostensible progress is paid for with the irretrievable loss of sacred ontological foundations.
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Comprehension of this tragic regularity breeds a majestic stoic serenity.

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