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Not ontological, ontotheological. To put it three different ways: "Ethics is nihilist because it believes the only thing that can happen to man is death", "The end of man (telos) is the end of man (eschaton)", or "Historical knowledge rendered meaningful
by conformity to some teleological model". Of course, I'm very unsure that our new friend really means the same thing as what Derrida meant, but it seemed like an interesting way of approach.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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