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“A man who knew his job as he spent a long time commanding a regiment and who earned great respect from everybody.”

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Aleksandr Vasilevsky was a prominent Soviet military leader, born on September 30, 1895, and died on December 5, 1977. The details of his career and life are limited. more

“It was my view that the catastrophe. . . . could have been avoided if Vasilevsky had taken the position he should have. He could have taken a different position. . . . but he didn't do that, and as a result, in my view, he had a hand in the destruction of thousands of Red Army fighters in the Kharkov campaign.”

Ifs Should Has Beens Different Hands Results Views Taken Position Red Destruction Should Have Army Campaigns Fighter Catastrophe Could Have Been Avoided Red Army

Author:Aleksandr Vasilevsky

“I did not decide to become an officer to start a military career. I still wanted to be an agronomist and work in some remote corner of Russia after the war. I could not suppose that my country would change, and I would.”

Stills War Country Wanted Careers Military Corners Russia Officers

Author:Aleksandr Vasilevsky

“Technological consciousness takes itself dead seriously; it has no sense of humor. The fool can play no role in it, for there is no other realm that is can see beyond itself to which the fool can point. Consciousness in the throes of desire cannot tolerate laughter any more than criticism of laughter can be tolerated in a moment of sexual lust.”

Play Moments Desire Consciousness Roles Fool Laughter Criticism Lust Realms Sense Of Humor Tolerate Technological

Book:Moral Philosophy and the Modern World

Source: Moral Philosophy and the Modern World

“The media is the thought-form of the technological society, and it finds nothing it does to be laughable, a sure sign that it is not human.”

Humans Doe Form Media Technological Laughable

Book:Moral Philosophy and the Modern World

Source: Moral Philosophy and the Modern World

“The promise of technology is to remove the division between culture and nature. Whatever part of nature that is left over as an independent force is covered by the technological bluff, which refers it to the agenda of the future and disguises the deficiencies of the present.”

Culture Left Force Technology Promise Independent Remove Agendas Division Covered Disguise Technological Deficiency Bluffs

Author:Donald Phillip Verene

“No new choices are introduced by raising the specter of disaster. These become opportunities for swearing new allegiance to technology. The solution is to discover new technologies that will correct and modify the harm either potentially or already caused by present technologies.”

Choices Opportunity Technology Solutions Harm Disaster Allegiance New Technology Swearing

Author:Donald Phillip Verene

“The Book of Job is advice on how to live in terms of the absolute power of nature. Leviathan is advice on how to live in terms of the absolute power of the state.”

Book States Jobs Term Advice Absolutes Absolute Power Leviathan Power Of Nature

Book:Moral Philosophy and the Modern World

Source: Moral Philosophy and the Modern World

“Contemporary philosophy illustrates Hegel's dictum that philosophy is its own time apprehended in thought, for in our age philosophy yields to the objectifying technical impulse and loses its ancient task of pursuing the Socratic ideal of the wisdom of the examined life.”

Philosophy Age Loses Ideals Tasks Ancient Contemporary Impulse Yield Hegel Socratic Examined Life Objectifying

Author:Donald Phillip Verene

“Whoever can lift a rifle, should have one.”

Should Should Have Lifts Rifles

Author:Kliment Voroshilov

“I personally believe that war is highly unlikely.”

Believe War Unlikely

Author:Kliment Voroshilov

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