Little do they know that they meet under an empty sky from which the… — Hans Morgenthau · Skopia

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Little do they know that they meet under an empty sky from which the gods have departed.

Hans Morgenthau

1948

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Disenchanted world Decline of religion Realpolitik Religion and politics International politics

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Political literature

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Hans Morgenthau

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Morgenthau, Hans. Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. Alfred A. Knopf, 1948.

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