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And now the second piece,
which is called "Definition."

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Totalitarianism is the
highest, up to now,

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degree of development and
blossoming of the State.

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The State is God
marching into the world

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as Hegel was one to say.

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A State interests itself
passionately, and with great

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detail, in the lot
of its citizens.

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It inundates them with specific
instructions on how to live,

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what to believe in, what
to think, how to dress,

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which stores to frequent, where
and where not to vacation,

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which books to read
and which not to read,

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which paintings to look at.

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It casts an unfriendly eye on
all the movements and troubles

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of its citizens.

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It prohibits their gatherings
and demonstrations.

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It is widely jealous of its
citizens, wants to have them

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all to itself under
its exclusive care.

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The citizens, on the other
hand, study their state

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with equal passion.

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They observe their state with
distress and greedy curiosity.

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They watch it day and night,
write poems and novels

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about it, dream
and talk about it,

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anticipate all of its
moves and intentions.

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The pages of books devoted
to it are full of distaste,

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but then the State's
reports are not

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at all flattering to
the citizens either.

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Neither side likes the other,
yet both are interested.

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The State doomed
to its citizenry,

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the citizens dependent
on their State.

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If, therefore, the state were
to be the true marriage of God

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in the world, the
Gnostics who believed

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the world had been created by
an evil demon would be right.

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They who have become intimately
acquainted with the highest

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state of development
of the State

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are convinced God
does not merge.

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He is motionless.

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