"I saw the Emperor – this world-spirit – riding out of the city on reconnaissance. It is indeed a wonderful sensation to see such an individual, who, concentrated here at a single point, astride a horse, reaches out over the world and masters it ... this extraordinary man, whom it is impossible not to admire"
Hegel wrote this about Napoleon after he watched him enter Jena follwing his victory over Prussia.
So /lit/, which individual embodies the zeitgeist of today? Trump? Farage? Kim Kardashian? Kanye West? Someone else?
>>8744224
Me desu
>>8744229
I dislike you, current zeitgeist.
>>8744233
Yeah sorry, I didn't choose it, I just encapsulate it
>>8744224
Shia Lebeouf undoubtadly
Trump is clearly a turning point in world history, and he outshines any media personality, even in this media-obsessed age.
>>8744247
That doesn't make one represent a zeitgeist.
Trump is simply the antithesis par exellance
>>8744224
>>8744224
The 9/11 planes if I understand what he is saying correctly
>>8744276
>if I understand what he is saying correctlyYou don't
How about reading the damn book instead of making those useless threads?
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