Thirdly, it is committed to what can becalled the principle of this-worldiness.Socialists believe in the existence only ofone world; this one. They believe that theonly world there is exists here and nowand any other world beyond this one liesonly in the thought and imagination ofhuman beings. At any rate, if indeed thereis another world beyond here and now,then human beings, living or dead, haveno meaningful or relevant relation to it.Now this principle entails a number ofthings but the one I would like to singleout for attention is this: Whatever evilexists in this world inheres in it by virtueof something in this very world. I shallreturn to this point shortly.
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Thirdly, it is committed to what can becalled the principle of this-worldiness.Socialists believe in the existence only ofone world; this one. They believe that theonly world there is exists here and nowand any other world beyond this one liesonly in the thought and imagination ofhuman beings. At any rate, if indeed thereis another world beyond here and now,then human beings, living or dead, haveno meaningful or relevant relation to it.Now this principle entails a number ofthings but the one I would like to singleout for attention is this: Whatever evilexists in this world inheres in it by virtueof something in this very world. I shallreturn to this point shortly.
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The passage you've provided seems to be discussing the socialist perspective on the concept of existence and reality. It suggests that socialists believe in the existence of only one world - the one we live in right now. Any other world beyond this one is considered to be a product of human thought and imagination.
The passage also implies that if there is indeed another world beyond our current one, humans have no meaningful or relevant connection to it. This belief leads to the conclusion that any evil that exists in our world is a result of something within this world itself.
However, you haven't asked a specific question about this passage. Could you please provide more details or clarify what you would like to know?
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