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It is from this same determination that civilized nations regard and treat other nations which lag behind them in the substantial moments of the state — pastoral peoples regarding hunting peoples, agricultural peoples regarding both of these, and so on — as barbarians, with the consciousness of an unequal right, and regard their independence as something merely formal.

In the wars and conflicts that arise under such conditions, it is accordingly the moment that they are struggles for recognition in relation to a determinate content which constitutes the feature that gives them a significance for world history.

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    § 351: Civilized nations and barbarians

    Something further follows from the same right.

    Civilized nations see other nations as barbarians if these lag behind on the way to the state. Herding peoples see hunting peoples in this way. Farming peoples see both in this way. They treat them with the awareness of an unequal right. To them, the independence of these others counts only as something formal.

    What do the wars that arise from this mean?

    They are struggles for recognition. They are about a definite content, about a higher stage of the state. That gives them their meaning for world history.

    Summary: Civilized nations treat less developed ones as barbarians, with unequal right. The wars that follow are struggles for recognition. That is their meaning for world history.

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