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  • Begebenheit, 'event', comes from begeben, 'to issue, put [coins, etc.] in circulation' and sich begeben, 'to betake oneself; expose oneself [to danger]; to come to pass'.

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  • Sometimes they amount to Begebenheit, as a historical event XXXI, 196, 231.

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  • Begebenheit, 'event', comes from begeben, 'to issue, put [coins, etc.] in circulation' and sich begeben, 'to betake oneself; expose oneself [to danger]; to come to pass'.

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  • Nihilism is not just one historical Begebenheit among others, but a long, drawn-out Ereignis in which the truth about beings as a whole slowly changes and advances towards an end determined by nihilism NIV, 4f.

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  • Sometimes they amount to Begebenheit, as a historical event XXXI, 196, 231.

    enowning enowning 2007

  • Nihilism is not just one historical Begebenheit among others, but a long, drawn-out Ereignis in which the truth about beings as a whole slowly changes and advances towards an end determined by nihilism NIV, 4f.

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  • Triebwerk seiner Interessen, und dadurch in der Gewalt des Weltlaufs, worin jede Begebenheit und jede Handlung eine nothwendige Folge ist aller vorhergehenden. —

    A Lecture on the Study of History John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868

  • Begebenheit und jede Handlung eine nothwendige Folge ist aller vorhergehenden.

    Lectures on Modern history John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868

  • Menschen und Zufalle modificeren gewohnlich die idealische Begebenheit, so dass sie unvollkommem erscheint, und ihre Folgen gleichfalls unvollkommen sind.

    The Mystery of Marie Roget 1842

  • Menschen und zufalle modifieiren gewohulich die idealische Begebenheit, so dass sie unvollkommen erscheint, und ihre Folgen gleichfalls unvollkommen sind.

    The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 Edgar Allan Poe 1829

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