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Wars have always affected civilians in varying degrees, depending on scale and outcome. But a modern system of all-encompassing conflict, with almost inescapable effect across all sectors of society, is something that largely originated from the French Revolution.

The Revolution, at its time, was a unique combination of a government that demanded service from its own citizens, and the citizens themselves enthusiastically joining the war effort.

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"历史同传说混为一谈,一篇民间故事就这样诞生的。真实只存在于经验之中,而且得是自身的经验,然而,那怕是自身的经验,一经转述,依然成了故事。真实是无法论证的,也毋须去论证,让所谓生活的真实的辩士去辩论就得了,要紧的是生活。"

— Gao Xingjian: 灵山, p. 2

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Tao Te Ching
Stephen Mitchell #translation

Ch. 25

There was something formless and perfect
before the universe was born.

It is serene. Empty.
Solitary. Unchanging.
Infinite. Eternally present.
It is the mother of the universe.
For lack of a better name,
I call it the Tao.

It flows through all things,
inside and outside, and returns
to the origin of all things.

The Tao is great.
The universe is great.
Earth is great.
Man is great.
These are the four great powers.

Man follows the earth.
Earth follows the universe.

The universe follows the Tao.
The Tao follows only itself.