The sacrifice of existence which happens in the service of the state is indeed complete when it has gone as far as death;

The sacrifice of existence which happens in the service of the state is indeed complete when it has gone as far as death;

but the hazard of death which the individual survives leaves him with a definite existence and hence with a particular self-interest, and this makes his counsel about what is best for the general good ambiguous and open to suspicion.

It means that he has in fact reserved his own opinion and his own particular will in face of the power of the state.

His conduct, therefore, conflicts with the interests of the state and is characteristic of the ignoble consciousness which is always on the point of REVOLT.
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