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== The Philosophy of Aḥad Ha‘am == | == The Philosophy of Aḥad Ha‘am == | ||
According to his philosophy, “Love of Zion” is not ''a part'' of Judaism, but ''is'' Judaism in its complete form, and is not dependent on Palestine, but on its spirituality. | According to his philosophy, “Love of Zion” is not ''a part'' of Judaism, but ''is'' Judaism in its complete form, and is not dependent on Palestine, but on its spirituality. | ||
The settlement of Palestine does not exist simply to settle Jews on their land, but rather that “we ourselves return ''in spirit'' to Zion”. The solution to the revival of the nation is to make Zion a national center, to which the people of Israel will aspire to return to revival: the revival of hearts, and will aspire to develop anew in a free spirit in a national life on general human foundations. | The settlement of Palestine does not exist simply to settle Jews on their land, but rather that “we ourselves return ''in spirit'' to Zion”. The solution to the revival of the nation is to make Zion a national center, to which the people of Israel will aspire to return to revival: the revival of hearts, and will aspire to develop anew in a free spirit in a national life on general human foundations. | ||