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Work (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠bildung in a double meaning. On the one hand it transforms the world. On the other it transforms, educates man by bringing him into greater conformity with the idea that he has of himself.

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Work (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not able to free man, but in transforming the world by this work, the slave transforms himself, too, and thus creates the new objective lgnditigns that permit him to take up once more the liberating fight for recognition that he refused-in the beginning.

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Work (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠repressed desire. Work transforms the world and civilizes it educates.

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Work (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a thing, thanks to which, a man can become other and, thanks to which, the world can become other.

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Work (n.) puts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the objective world into harmony with the subjective idea. It annuls the element of madness in every man who driven by terror tries to go beyond the given world of which he is afraid, in which he feels terrified, and in which, consequently, he could not be satisfied.

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Work (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the transformation of the world. Thus, the future belongs not to the master, but the the slave who transforms the given world by his work, transcends the given and what is given by that given in himself, -going beyond the master who leaves the given intact.

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