Oh! Good point. I guess that I need to define that a bit better. Yet, I am not certain how to word it.
Conforming to the Majority might be one was of defining sanity, as would conforming to what we think of as moral (moral sanity).
Yet, ultimately, I think that I used the wrong word there. I think that I need to look for a new word or definition. His rationality did not conform to the norms of society as a whole, and his rationality was based upon a foundation that did not make sense outside of his insular world.
So, maybe the conforming to the majority is a good definition. I need to think about that
His rationality did not conform to the norms of society as a whole, and his rationality was based upon a foundation that did not make sense outside of his insular world.
If his “insular” world is taken to include Greater Germany, where many (possibly most) people agreed with his views, it’s not all that insular.
I am referring more to the elite crowd of yes-men with which he surrounded himself. especially later in the war.
From what I have been told by my family (some of whom were in Germany and Fought on the side of the Nazis), not everyone was aware of the extent to which Hitler was prepared to take the country in order to achieve his goals. His public face differed from that he showed in Private. His public face was that of a much saner person than was his private face.
It was his private world that I am referring to as Insular, based entirely upon the stories I have been told about what it was like to have lived through that time, and which did not make sense to those outside of that world once they became aware of it.
You are correct though, that pretty much all of Germany was behind the man, and cooperated with his goals. I know that my Uncle had not read Mien Kampf until the end of the War, and related that had he (and many of his friends) read it earlier, they might have been more reluctant to support Hitler. He related it to how many people read the Bible. They tend to skip over the bits that conflict with their personal values and only read the bits that confirm what they already believe.
Oh! Good point. I guess that I need to define that a bit better. Yet, I am not certain how to word it.
Conforming to the Majority might be one was of defining sanity, as would conforming to what we think of as moral (moral sanity).
Yet, ultimately, I think that I used the wrong word there. I think that I need to look for a new word or definition. His rationality did not conform to the norms of society as a whole, and his rationality was based upon a foundation that did not make sense outside of his insular world.
So, maybe the conforming to the majority is a good definition. I need to think about that
If his “insular” world is taken to include Greater Germany, where many (possibly most) people agreed with his views, it’s not all that insular.
I am referring more to the elite crowd of yes-men with which he surrounded himself. especially later in the war.
From what I have been told by my family (some of whom were in Germany and Fought on the side of the Nazis), not everyone was aware of the extent to which Hitler was prepared to take the country in order to achieve his goals. His public face differed from that he showed in Private. His public face was that of a much saner person than was his private face.
It was his private world that I am referring to as Insular, based entirely upon the stories I have been told about what it was like to have lived through that time, and which did not make sense to those outside of that world once they became aware of it.
You are correct though, that pretty much all of Germany was behind the man, and cooperated with his goals. I know that my Uncle had not read Mien Kampf until the end of the War, and related that had he (and many of his friends) read it earlier, they might have been more reluctant to support Hitler. He related it to how many people read the Bible. They tend to skip over the bits that conflict with their personal values and only read the bits that confirm what they already believe.