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A Quote from a Kyivan
Sep 19, 2025
Mykola Berdyaev IS NOT Russian
“War presupposes the arousing of erotic conditions, its nature is erotic, not ethical. In this particular case, I include in eros, anti-eros also, which is the same nature. Hate is an erotic phenomenon. And the mass of mankind is brought to a most irrational state of mind, to the madness of rational arming, it is upheld by rational discipline, it works on a technical basis. It is a demoniacal combination of extreme irrationalism, with extreme rationalism. People live in the enslaving power of the myth of war, a myth which arouses evil erotic conditions.”
