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Value (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠tacitly invoked by every act of rebellion, though not every value entails rebellion.

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Value (n.) such ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as truth, reason and justice ceased, with German ideology, to be guides and became goals, placed at the final stage of a historical future.

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Value (n.) for ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Greeks pre-existed action and set its limits; modern philosophy places them at the end of action — they are not, but are becoming.

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Value (n.) come ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠before action, in rebellion — contradicting the purely historical philosophies, in which values are acquired, if ever, only after the action is done.

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Value (n.) still ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to come is a contradiction in terms: it can neither explain an action nor furnish a principle of choice until it has been formulated.