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The decline of the West, Volume 1

Note 511 — Chapter XI · FAUSTIAN AND APOLLINIAN NATURE-KNOWLEDGE

Charles Francis Atkinson translation

Diagoras, who was condemned to death by the Athenians for his “godless” writings, left behind him deeply pious dithyrambs. Read, too, Hebbel’s diaries and his letters to Elise. He “did not believe in God,” but he prayed.

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