“All genuine political theories presuppose man to be evil.”
The Concept of the Political (1927)
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Source: The Cabinet Council (published 1658), Chapter 25
“The concept of the state presupposes the concept of the political.”
The Concept of the Political (1927)
“The superman is a premature ideal, one that presupposes a man.”
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
Source: Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery (1787), p. 24
(Pollock 1993:117), quoted in Elst, Koenraad (2018). Still no trace of an Aryan invasion: A collection on Indo-European origins.
Progress, Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom (1968)
Context: We regard as "scientific" a method based on deep analysis of facts, theories, and views, presupposing unprejudiced, unfearing open discussion and conclusions. The complexity and diversity of all the phenomena of modern life, the great possibilities and dangers linked with the scientific-technical revolution and with a number of social tendencies demand precisely such an approach, as has been acknowledged in a number of official statements.
Introduction to Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution (London: Oxford University Press, 1928), p. xxiv.
“That worst evil of long dictatorships: the loss of all political experience.”
The News Chronicle, March 3, 1954.
“We are against the political bourgeoisie, and for genuine nationalism!”
1930s, Die verfluchten Hakenkreuzler. Etwas zum Nachdenken (1932)