It is, in the first place, a polemic against the deifying of the social order, which can happen with or without Hegelian philosophy. |
The opera goes further, all but deifying him. |
Whatever the case, the decline is most easily gauged in sports, where nicknames have long played a role in distinguishing and at times deifying athletes. |
It takes man both as its objective and as its means, without deifying man. |
They also change its name in the deifying and will also create their own personal god. |
Everyone can agree that it is beneficial when people do good, but what further good is achieved by deifying these people as national icons? |