In this form Shiva is withdrawn into the absolute and is the symbolic equivalent of Geist. |
The solution lay in an interpretation of reality which invoked the notion of absolute spirit, or Geist. |
For Geist to come into play this self-development needs to be connected to the national culture of Germany. |
It's the same old geist of self-advancement and self-promotion that has always propelled everyone, victors and victims alike. |
And yet, when one has said this, one has failed to express the national geist in all its subtlety. |
Geist was not limited only to high culture, it also existed in popular culture and what we now call mass culture. |