Prognoses for the Twenty-first Century - Ernst Jünger

Part Three

The exponential share of deeds and works determines the sensation they cause. The lifespan of a piece of poetry or a work of art is determined solely by its base number, that is, its character.

On biography. In life, everyone exposes himself either more or less. One makes the most of his talents, the other wastes or buries them – in between lies the just…