“Nothing that has ever happened should be regarded as lost for history.”

Source: Theses on the Philosophy of History (1940), III
Context: Nothing that has ever happened should be regarded as lost for history. To be sure, only a redeemed mankind receives the fullness of its past — which is to say, only a redeemed mankind has its past become citable in all its moments. Each moment it has lived becomes a citation à l'ordre du jour — and that day is Judgement Day.

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German literary critic, philosopher and social critic (1892… 1892–1940

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