When placed in the broader realm of history and art, these fundamental marks become the building blocks to the compositions of which they are conceptually related, such as Piranesi's Roman ruins or the seal of the fallen Austro - Hungarian Empire. (galleryintell.com)
This knowledge gives a kind of certainty such as is possible in the realm of history and freedom, that is as a claim to make freedom itself a binding norm. (religion-online.org)