Note The Quote
The nation and the state have a longer earthly life than any individual person; but they are fated one day to pass away forever. But the individual person will never pass away altogether; only he has an immortal soul.
Max Scheler quoted by Dr. Dietrich von Hildebrand in "Satan at Work" pointing out that only the human person is a real substance whereas the nation and the state are only moral substances .. only the individual human person can be the bearer of moral values; can be transformed in Christ; and can thus glorify God.
