To Be Aware Of Limitations Is Already

Rulers, Statesmen, Nations, Are Wont To Be Emphatically Commended To The Teaching Which Experience Offers In History. But What Experience And History Teach Is This - That People And Governments Never Have Learned Anything From History, Or Acted On Principles Deduced From It. Each Period Is Involved In Such Peculiar Circumstances, Exhibits A Condition Of Things So Strictly Idiosyncratic, That Its Conduct Must Be Regulated By Considerations Connected With Itself, And Itself Alone.

History In General Is Therefore The Development Of Spirit In Time, As Nature Is The Development Of The Idea Is Space.

Destiny Is Consciousness Of Oneself, But Consciousness Of Oneself As An Enemy.

Evil Resides In The Very Gaze Which Perceives Evil All Around Itself.

The State Is The Absolute Reality And The Individual Himself Has Objective Existence, Truth And Morality Only In His Capacity As A Member Of The State.