“Heidegger is 'great' not in spite of, but because of his Nazi engagement…”
In Defense of Lost Causes (2008)
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Walter Kaufmann, Preface to The Present Age, by Soren Kierkegaard, Dru translation 1962 p. 15-16
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“… the plan will happen in spite of us, not because of us.”
Source: The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency

“The present Dominion emerged not in spite of geography but because of it.”
Conclusion, p. 393.
The Fur Trade in Canada (1930)
Context: Canada emerged as a political entity with boundaries largely determined by the fur trade. These boundaries included a vast north temperate land area extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific and dominated by the Canadian Shield. The present Dominion emerged not in spite of geography but because of it.

Great Books: The Foundation of a Liberal Education (1954)

"Preface to Poems" (1854)

“We like someone because, we love someone in spite of…”
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago