"The 'public' is a phantom, the phantom of an opinion supposed to exist in a vast number of persons who have no effect…"

"Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone …"

"I approach the presentation of Kierkegaard with some trepidation. Next to Nietzsche, or rather, prior to Nietzsche, I…"

"The interlacedness of the two heterogeneous origins [Remark: This refers to the origins of governance: (1) necessity …"

"The Greek word for philosopher (philosophos) connotes a distinction from sophos. It signifies the lover of wisdom (kn…"

"We cannot avoid conflict, conflict with society, other individuals and with oneself. Conflicts may be the sources of …"

"Auch das gesteigertste psychologische Verstehen ist kein liebendes Verstehen."

"Der Lehrer der Liebe lehrt den Kampf, der Lehrer der lieblosen Isolierung von aller Welt aber die Ruhe."

"The general fellowship of our human situation has been rendered even more dubious than before, inasmuch as, though th…"

"The masses are our masters; and for every one who looks facts in the face his existence has become dependent on them,…"