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The
Last True Rebellion
What Do We
Mean By Death to the World?
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"The world is the general name for all the passions. When
wish to call the passions by a common name, we call them the world. But
when we wish to distinguish them by their special names, we call them
the passions. The passions are the following: love of riches, desire
for possessions, bodily pleasure from which comes sexual passion, love
of honour which gives rise to envy, lust for power, arrogance and pride
of position, the craving to adorn ... "
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