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Quotes from Eumeswil — Ernst Jünger

1895–1998 Germany

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Liberalism is to freedom as anarchism is to anarchy.

Eumeswil (1977)

The special trait making me an anarch is that I live in a world which I ‘ultimately’ do not take seriously. This increases my freedom; I serve as a temporary volunteer.

Eumeswil (1977)

The populace consists of individuals and free men, while the state is made up of numbers. When the state dominates, killing becomes abstract. Servitude began with the shepherds; in the river valleys it attained perfection with canals and dikes. Its model was the slavery in mines and mills. Since then, the ruses for concealing chains have been refined.

Eumeswil (1977)

Freedom is based on the anarch’s awareness that he can kill himself. He carries this awareness around; it accompanies him like a shadow that he can conjure up. “A leap from this bridge will set me free.”

Eumeswil (1977)

The partisan wants to change the law, the criminal break it; the anarch wants neither. He is not for or against the law. While not acknowledging the law, he does try to recognize it like the laws of nature, and he adjusts accordingly.

Eumeswil (1977)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ernst Jünger (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.