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Modern European History
1. What did Paul Valery mean in saying that the mind of Europe doubted itself
Before 1914, people in Europe believed in progress, peace, prosperity,
reason, and rights of individuals. During that time, people began to believe in
the Enlightenment, industrial developments were just starting and scientific
advances began to take place. People then really believed in progression an ....
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.... its future
with dark foreboding." In his writings, he said that "The storm has died away,
and still we are restless, uneasy, as if the storm were about to break." The
storm in this case was the war. People were so terrified by it that they were
still in shock and unsure of its outcome and consequence and the possibility
that it might cause another war to break out. Valery saw that many people
suffered from anxiety. He argued that the people looked at the future ....
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