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... individual stupidities apart , the German theory of war is the only logical one . The theory is laid down by Clausewitz at the very beginning of his classical treatise On Wars : Philanthropists may think it possible that the disarmament ...
... individual stupidities apart , the German theory of war is the only logical one . The theory is laid down by Clausewitz at the very beginning of his classical treatise On Wars : Philanthropists may think it possible that the disarmament ...
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... . On this theory , war would be an extension to politics of the ' wager of battle ' between individuals — a method of obtaining a supernatural ruling , indistinguishable in principle from THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS 23.
... . On this theory , war would be an extension to politics of the ' wager of battle ' between individuals — a method of obtaining a supernatural ruling , indistinguishable in principle from THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS 23.
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... individuals or groups of individuals to survive and reproduce and multiply their kind . The pressure of individual upon indi- vidual and of species upon species sharpens the face of life and is the continuing impetus and interest in ...
... individuals or groups of individuals to survive and reproduce and multiply their kind . The pressure of individual upon indi- vidual and of species upon species sharpens the face of life and is the continuing impetus and interest in ...
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... individual and type against type . But having made these admissions , we may then go on to point out two fundamental ... individuals , which either triumph or are destroyed , whereas they are systems of political entanglement of the most ...
... individual and type against type . But having made these admissions , we may then go on to point out two fundamental ... individuals , which either triumph or are destroyed , whereas they are systems of political entanglement of the most ...
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... individual objecter is carefully examined , it will be found at times that he is under the sway of some narrow and intense mental inhibition , based on personal habits or experiences . Some of these inhibitions , if they are traced to ...
... individual objecter is carefully examined , it will be found at times that he is under the sway of some narrow and intense mental inhibition , based on personal habits or experiences . Some of these inhibitions , if they are traced to ...
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