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Perhaps you are acquainted with the name
Karl Jaspers.
He is one of the great German philosophers
of our century.
To neglect, to fail, to miss
No one should miss the opportunity of
reading something from his writings.
In this chapter, you will read an excerpt
from his work: The Atom Bomb and the
Future of Man.
To discuss
We will now discuss some thoughts from
it.
To abolish, to scrap
Everyone wants atom bombs to be
abolished.
Or is anyone against that?
To declare
Ready
Does everyone want to declare himself
ready to (do) that?
Alle Denkenden wollen es, und alle Staaten All thinking persons want it, and all states
erklren sich bereit.
declare themselves ready.
Wagen
To dare
Anwenden
To use, to employ
Niemand wird es wagen, die Atombomben Nobody will dare it to use atom bombs.
anzuwenden.
Die Waffe
Weapon
Wird jemand anders es wagen, diese Will someone else dare it to use these atom
Atomwaffen anzuwenden?
weapons?
Darf sonst jemand ausser den Russen und May anyone else except the Russians and
den Amerikanern Atomwaffen besitzen?
the Americans possess atomic weapons?
Niemand anders wird so verrckt sein, No one else will be so mad to want to
Atomwaffen besitzen zu wollen.
possess atomic weapons.
Treffen
To strike
Wenn eine Waffe beide Gegner trifft
When a weapon strikes both opponents...
wird jemand diese Waffe anwenden Will anyone want to use this weapon?
wollen?
Viele glauben, dass ein Atomkrieg Many believe that an atomic war has
unmglich geworden ist.
become impossible.
Gibt es irgendeinen, der nicht glaubt, dass Is there someone who does not believe that