“True law is not imposed; it arises from unintentional developments. (...)Law emerges (...) as something not merely legislated but given. The later positivism knows no origin and has no home. It recognizes only causes or basic norms. It seeks to… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts. — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
The exception is more interesting than the rule. The rule proves nothing; the exception proves everything. In the exception the power of real life… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
“In the nomadic age, the shepherd (nomeus) was the typical symbol of rule. In Statesman, Plato distinguishes the shepherd from the statesman: the nemein… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
“The crisis of European jurisprudence began a century ago with the victory of legal positivism.” — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
“Hauriou, became a crown witness for us when he confirmed this connection in 1916, in the midst of WWI: “The revolution of 1789 had… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
The metaphysical image that a definite epoch forges of the world has the same structure as what the world immediately understands to be appropriate… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
“The political enemy need not be morally evil or aesthetically ugly; he need not appear as an economic competitor, and it may even be… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
“True law is not imposed; it arises from unintentional developments. (...)Law emerges (...) as something not merely legislated but given. The later positivism knows… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
“The most brazen humiliation ever inflicted upon God and mankind, justifying all the curses of the synagogue, is to be found in the 'sive'… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
