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We think the "political" like Romans, i.e., imperially. - Martin Heidegger, Parmenides
Rome conquered Christianity by becoming Christendom. Thus twenty Christian centuries were necessary to give the ancient and naked Roman idea a tunic with which to cover up its shameful parts and a conscience for its base moments. And now that idea is here, perfect and equipped with all the forces of the soul. Who will destroy it? Is it indestructible? Is it precisely its ruin that humanity has conquered with thousandfold efforts? - Elias Canetti, The Human Province