IN THOMAS MANN’S 1924 book The Magic Mountain, there’s a scene in which the protagonist and the loquacious Italian humanist Lodovico Settembrini are discussing the freemasons. During their conversation, Settembrini asserts that the “apolitical does not exist — everything is politics.” Furthermore, Settembrini says: The social problem, the problem of human coexistence is politics, politics […]
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