"For two thousand years, Satan moved at home in the imagination of Western civilization. He was one of the protagonists of the cosmic drama taking place in the background of our civilization. But it was an entrance - through the back door of instincts and insults - in our everyday life as well. Our civilization would be radically different if human fear and hope had not created his terrible and seductive, majestic and demonic figure at the time.
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Hankiss ElemérAll Translations
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For two thousand years, Satan moved at home in the imagination of Western civilization. He was one of the protagonists of the cosmic drama taking place in the background of our civilization. But it was an entrance - through the back door of instincts and insults - in our everyday life as well. Our civilization would be radically different if human fear and hope had not created his terrible and seductive, majestic and demonic figure at the time.
""Kétezer éven át a Sátán otthonosan mozgott a nyugati civilizáció képzeletvilágában. Ő volt az egyik főszereplője a civilizációnk hátterében folyó kozmikus drámának. De bejáratos volt - az ösztönök és kisértések hátsó kapuján át - mindennapi életünkben is. Civilizációnk gyökeresen más volna, ha az emberi félelem és remény annak idején nem teremtette volna meg rettenetes és csábító, fenséges és démoni figuráját."