As an aid to anyone aspiring to live as an anarch in the sense developed in Ernst Jünger’s novel, Eumeswil, through the character of its protagonist, Martin Venator, I have compiled a complete collection of all quotations that elaborate on this critical Jüngerian theme.
As difficult as it may be to choose the most important from the many unique ideas Jünger has given us, I personally find the concept of the anarch his single most important contribution to humanity. Personally, it helps me understand and maintain distance from the affairs of our world and thus, where they affect me, manage them better in my own interests. I firmly believe that only individuals have any chance of eluding the powerful forces of control in our world and realising their destiny despite the efforts of these powers.
The quotations are given with hopefully enough surrounding text to provide context, but uncommented so that each reader may – must – come to their own personal understanding. Precisely the ability to differentiate one’s own personal, yet objective understanding of reality is a fundamental task of an anarch.
The quotations are listed in order of appearance in Eumeswil, and descriptive titles are provided along with some keywords. The quote titles are compiled into a table of contents and the key words into an index. For anyone new to the book, a short list of key characters and terms should provide enough background to understand each quote on its own.
Naturally these titles and key words are subjective and non-exhaustive, but they should make the document more navigable. Seriously-minded anarchs will in any case have their own copy of Eumeswil on hand for reference, in which case this document can serve as a handy reference tool.
The pdf below may be viewed as embedded here, but it is best downloaded and viewed since the convenient links in the table of contents will then function. An epub version is also available for download here.
