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"Given this background, it was not in the least surprising that to Plessner,
philosophical anthropology – first and foremost – had a practical aim. In 1936,
he gave an address on the task of philosophical anthropology in which he argued
that the degeneration of the classical and Christian legacies had created a
cultural void which fundamentally threatened the essence of humankind. The task
of philosophical anthropology is to remind people of their possibilities, hidden
in 'the shadow of tomorrow.'"

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