Any philosophy, whether of a religious or political nature - and sometimes the dividing line is hard to determine - fights less for the negative destruction of the opposing ideology than for the positive promotion of its own. Hence its struggle is less defensive than offensive. It therefore has the advantage even in determining the goal, since this goal represents the victory of its own idea, while, conversely, it is hard to determine when the negative aim of the destruction of a hostile doctrine may be regarded as achieved and assured. For this reason alone, the philosophy's offensive will be more systematic and also more powerful than the defensive against a philosophy, since here, too, as always, the attack and not the defence makes the decision. The fight against a spiritual power with methods of violence remains defensive, however, until the sword becomes the support, the herald and disseminator, of a new spiritual doctrine. Adolf Hitler
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This quote by Arthur Schopenhauer is about the idea that there are no absolute truths. Some people believe that there is truth out there, but that’s not always the case. The truth may be in something that is outside of our reach, but to get to it we must go through many steps, like picking up pebbles along the way. When we finally reach it, it has become something entirely different than what we originally thought it was before finding it. Sometimes, in order to pick up all of the pebbles along the way, we have to fight against the current beliefs of the society in which we live.

Source: Mein Kampf

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