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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
What does this part of the quote mean? I mean I'm not really sure what he means by "bankruptcy of this civilisation" nor do I understand the cycle he's speaking of.
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Any society rises and falls like an wheel; hence bankruptcy.
It refers how the modern West deviates a lot from others. Sudden rise of industrialization, colonialism, enlightenment philosophies, and change of values. These were a unusually hasten development. This big historical remark brought many differences how the West views non-West differently, or vice versa.
But what he worried about is that the West's
cycle revolves and changes too fast, compare to other societies.
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Also what are Hegelian thoughts?
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In a nutshell, it's a belief that there is always the
Thesis vs.
Anti-thesis conflict and later being compromised by
Syn-thesis.
A very foundational ideology of modern Western thoughts. And we see this in today's economy, politics, and culture.