05 December 2010

Prussian Prototype

All manly peoples today have a bad name; the Prussians are the prototype. In the interregnum, however, it is not mothers but hermaphrodites who prevail.

Alle männlichen Völker sind heut in Verruf; die Preußen sind der Prototyp. Im Interregnum sind aber nicht die Mütter, sondern die Zwitter maßgebend.

Ernst Jünger, Ernst Jünger – Carl Schmitt: Briefe 1930-1983 (1999)
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2 comments:

  1. James05 December, 2010 16:38

    So insightful, but aren't you in fear of offending the hermaphrodites?

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  2. Stanley Edione22 July, 2011 09:11

    These figures from an 18th century Prussian coat of arms were particularly manly: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Wappen_Deutsches_Reich_-_K%C3%B6nigreich_Preussen_%28Grosses%29.png

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