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Quote by Thomas Mann
English (Source)
The debauchery of death is life, without it there would be no life, and in the middle is the state of Homo Dei, in the middle between debauchery and reason - just as his position is also in the middle between mystical community and Seleverdian individualism. And in this state, man interacts delicately, gallantly, and in a friendly, respectful way with his own kind, because only he, the man, is noble, and not the opposites. Man is the master of opposites, opposites exist only through him, and consequently man is superior to them. Nobler than death, too noble for death: this is the freedom of his mind. Nobler than life, too noble for life: this is the piety of his heart.