▁itself ▁from ▁traditional , ▁hier arch ical ▁soci eties ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁soci eties ▁where ▁all ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁are ▁equal . ▁The ▁second ▁type ▁is ▁" the oret ical ▁trans c end ence ", ▁the ▁st riv ing ▁to ▁go ▁beyond ▁what ▁exists ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁towards ▁a ▁new ▁future , ▁elimin ating ▁traditional ▁fet ters ▁im posed ▁on ▁the ▁human ▁mind ▁by ▁pover ty , ▁back ward ness , ▁ignor ance , ▁and ▁class . ▁N ol te ▁himself ▁defined ▁" the oret ical ▁trans c end ence " ▁as : ▁ ▁The oret ical ▁trans c end ence ▁may ▁be ▁taken ▁to ▁mean ▁the ▁reaching ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁mind ▁beyond ▁what ▁exists ▁and ▁what ▁can ▁exist ▁toward ▁an ▁absolute ▁whole ; ▁in ▁a ▁bro ader ▁sense ▁this ▁may ▁be ▁applied ▁to ▁all ▁that ▁goes ▁beyond , ▁that ▁releases ▁man ▁from ▁the ▁conf ines ▁of ▁the ▁every day ▁world , ▁and ▁which , ▁as ▁an ▁" aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁horizon ", ▁makes ▁it ▁possible ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁experience ▁the ▁world ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁ ▁N ol te ▁c ited ▁the ▁flight ▁of ▁Y uri ▁G ag arin ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁as ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁“ p ract ical ▁trans c end ence ”, ▁of ▁how ▁human ity ▁was ▁pressing ▁forward ▁in ▁its ▁techn ological ▁development ▁and ▁rapidly ▁acqu iring ▁powers ▁tradition ally ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁only ▁the ▁prov idence ▁of ▁the ▁gods . ▁Draw ing ▁upon ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Max ▁We ber , ▁Friedrich ▁N