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is worldly --- If man changes, his change remains 'private', purely subjective, revealed to himself alone, mute, not communicated -- putting him at variance with the world. Work is the only thing which, by finally putting the objective world into harmony with the subjective idea, can annul the element of madness.

If he changes, his change remains 'private,' purely subjective, revealed to himself alone, 'mute,' not communicated to others. And this 'internal' change puts him at variance with the World, which has not changed, and with the others, who are bound to the unchanged World. This change, then, transforms man into a madman or a criminal, who is sooner or later annihilated by the natural and social objective reality. (Kojeve 1934 : 28)

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