Help with Hitler quotation

dann · 21st May 2005, 03:16 AM

Quote:

"A new era of the magical explanation of the world is rising, an explanation based on will rather than knowledge. There is no truth in either the moral or the scientific sense."
The speaker of these words was Adolph Hitler, but the sentiments had been encouraged for at least a century by the intellectual ancestors of today's "postmodernist" philosophers.
From: http://www.humanists.net/

Does anybody have the text in German (or know where to get it)?

Aracan · 24th May 2005, 07:17 AM

I did find part of your quotation (the second sentence) here. It seems that Hitler said it in conversation with Hermann Rauschning, whoever that may be.
However, I could not find the first sentence.
Hope this helps.

Edited to fix grammar.

dann · 24th May 2005, 11:49 AM

Vielen Dank!

21st May 2005, 03:16 AM	#1
dann Master Poster Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Frederiksberg (Copenhagen) Posts: 2,921	Help with Hitler quotation Quote: "A new era of the magical explanation of the world is rising, an explanation based on will rather than knowledge. There is no truth in either the moral or the scientific sense." The speaker of these words was Adolph Hitler, but the sentiments had been encouraged for at least a century by the intellectual ancestors of today's "postmodernist" philosophers. From: http://www.humanists.net/ Does anybody have the text in German (or know where to get it)?
	__________________ /dann "Stupidity renders itself invisible by assuming very large proportions. Completely unreasonable claims are irrefutable. Ni-en-leh pointed out that a philosopher might get into trouble by claiming that two times two makes five, but he does not risk much by claiming that two times two makes shoe polish." B. Brecht "The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions." K. Marx

24th May 2005, 07:17 AM	#2
Aracan Student Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 33	I did find part of your quotation (the second sentence) here. It seems that Hitler said it in conversation with Hermann Rauschning, whoever that may be. However, I could not find the first sentence. Hope this helps. Edited to fix grammar.
Aracan Student Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 33

24th May 2005, 11:49 AM	#3
dann Master Poster Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Frederiksberg (Copenhagen) Posts: 2,921	Vielen Dank!
	__________________ /dann "Stupidity renders itself invisible by assuming very large proportions. Completely unreasonable claims are irrefutable. Ni-en-leh pointed out that a philosopher might get into trouble by claiming that two times two makes five, but he does not risk much by claiming that two times two makes shoe polish." B. Brecht "The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions." K. Marx