Abstract
“A revolution is a successful rebellion; the victory has been won and the new system has been established. A rebellion is a continual revolution; the new system is ever in process of being established and the victory or victories are always still ahead. … Revolution becomes an absolute negation of the past; it absolutizes its present or future forms and so becomes demonic and nihilistic. … There is an historical connection between rebellious thought and Judeo-Christian thought.”
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