“All liberation depends on the consciousness of servitude, and the emergence of this consciousness is always hampered by the predominance of needs and satisfactions which, to a great extent, have become the individual's own.” NeedsIndividualConsciousnessDependsSatisfactionLiberationServitudeEmergence Book:One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society Source: One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
“Everything that from eternity has happened in heaven and earth, the life of God and all the deeds of time simply are the struggles for Spirit to know Itself, to find Itself, be for Itself, and finally unite itself to Itself; it is alienated and divided, but only so as to be able thus to find itself and return to Itself...As existing in an individual form, this liberation is called 'I'; as developed to its totality, it is free Spirit; as feeling, it is Love; and as enjoyment, it is Blessedness.” KnowsLoveFeelingsAbleEarthFormSpiritIndividualHeavenStruggleHappenedReturnEternityDeedsLiberationEnjoymentDividedHeaven And EarthTotalityFree SpiritBlessedness Author:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“Slavery in the modern world implies the absolute deprivation of the individual's liberty, while possession of weapons and mastery of their use are means to the individual's liberation. We do not perceive how a man may be armed and at the same time bereft of his freedom.” MenWorldMayMeanUseIndividualLibertyModernWeaponsAbsolutesSlaveryPossessionLiberationPerceiveMasteryModern WorldDeprivationBereft Book:A History of Warfare Source: A History of Warfare