Hitler and the Germans (The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin) Quotes

“In contemplation, the most important manifestation of the conflict between second and first reality is the construction of a system. Since reality has not the character of a system, a system is always false; and if it claims to portray reality, it can only be maintained with the trickery of an intellectual swindle. It is found wherever there is a system. Since this intellectual swindle is inherent in the conflict between second and first reality and in system construction, the will to swindle naturally originates here.”
― Eric Voegelin, Hitler and the Germans (The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin)