In reading your latest insights into "all things" Germany, I can't help but think of a book I read a long time ago, about the impact of the famous German philosophers of the 1800s on generations since. While one might think these people might be ... "randomly" (I do not personally believe in it) ... sprinkled about, this is not the case. They all came from Germany.

What does that have to do with your post and what has happened since that time? What were the conditions in Germany leading up to the emergence of these men and their view of life?

I do not pretend to know. Maybe I will find that book one day and refresh my memory what that author proposed for answers.

I'll be looking forward, in the light of what is happening here in America and other countries, what the results are of Germany's upcoming election. And what you will have to say about it.