Are we not always in the "hinge of history"? What we do determines what the future is like, and the future is dependent on how we act now. If everybody aims towards the highest good, society will probably look better than if we aim towards the worst future possible.
I think something like this can only be determined in retrospect. The importance of a specific event usually makes little impact at the time it occurs, and reverberates through the future. It's only upon looking back that we can see how important it was.
Was Nietzsche world-renowned when he was actively writing, or Einstein when he made his discoveries?
I think something like this can only be determined in retrospect. The importance of a specific event usually makes little impact at the time it occurs, and reverberates through the future. It's only upon looking back that we can see how important it was.
Was Nietzsche world-renowned when he was actively writing, or Einstein when he made his discoveries?