iet z sche , ▁and ▁Karl ▁Marx , ▁N ol te ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁progress ▁of ▁both ▁types ▁of ▁" trans c end ence " ▁generates ▁fear ▁as ▁the ▁older ▁world ▁is ▁swe pt ▁aside ▁by ▁a ▁new ▁world , ▁and ▁that ▁these ▁fear s ▁led ▁to ▁fasc ism . ▁N ol te ▁wrote ▁that : ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁central ▁of ▁Ma urr as ' s ▁ideas ▁have ▁been ▁seen ▁to ▁pen et rate ▁to ▁this ▁level . ▁By ▁" mon othe ism " ▁and ▁" anti - n ature " ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁imply ▁a ▁political ▁process : ▁he ▁related ▁these ▁terms ▁to ▁the ▁tradition ▁of ▁Western ▁philosophy ▁and ▁religion , ▁and ▁left ▁no ▁doubt ▁that ▁for ▁him ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁only ▁adj unct s ▁of ▁R ous seau ' s ▁notion ▁of ▁liberty , ▁but ▁also ▁of ▁the ▁Christian ▁G osp els ▁and ▁Par men ides ' ▁concept ▁of ▁being . ▁It ▁is ▁equally ▁obvious ▁that ▁he ▁regarded ▁the ▁unity ▁of ▁world ▁econom ics , ▁technology , ▁science ▁and ▁em an cip ation ▁merely ▁as ▁another ▁and ▁more ▁recent ▁form ▁of ▁" anti - n ature ". ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁difficult ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁place ▁for ▁Hitler ' s ▁ideas ▁as ▁a ▁cr uder ▁and ▁more ▁recent ▁expression ▁of ▁this ▁schema . ▁Ma urr as ' ▁and ▁Hitler ' s ▁real ▁enemy ▁was ▁seen ▁to ▁be ▁" fre edom ▁towards ▁the ▁infinite " ▁which , ▁intr insic ▁in ▁the ▁individual ▁and ▁a ▁reality ▁in ▁evolution , ▁threat ens ▁to ▁destroy ▁the