But for man to set himself up as man, means the adoption of a super-nature, a superior nature that is nothing other than culture whose effect is the … - Alain de Benoist
" "But for man to set himself up as man, means the adoption of a super-nature, a superior nature that is nothing other than culture whose effect is the emancipation of reflective consciousness from the repetitious constraints of the species. What this means especially is that man is given the possibility of going beyond himself and transforming. In other words, to ensure that each “super-nature” obtained is simply a step towards another “super-nature.” Now this project is the equivalent of making man a kind of god — allowing him to participate in the Divine — a perspective the Bible depicts as an “abomination.” Accordingly, the monotheist declaration is first and foremost a solemn prohibition against man establishing himself as a god. The reason for this is that when man has gone beyond his original status (the episode of “original sin”), to one that is fully autonomous he thereby takes on a super-humanity that confirms him as the cause of himself.
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About Alain de Benoist
Alain de Benoist (born 11 December 1943), also known as Fabrice Laroche, Robert de Herte, David Barney, and multiple dozen other pen names, is a French political philosopher and journalist, a founding member of the Nouvelle Droite (France's New Right), and the leader of the ethno-nationalist think tank GRECE.
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Robert de Herte
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Martial Laurent
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Tanguy Gallien
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Frédéric Laurent
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Pierre Dolabella
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Maxime Meyer
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Jean-Pierre Dujardin
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Frédéric Toulouze
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Jean-Louis Cartry
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Julien Valserre
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Pierre Jacob
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Pierre Carlet
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David Barney
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Jean-Pierre Hébert
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Maiastra
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G. Foumier
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Gilles Foumier
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Mortimer Davidson
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Mortimer G. Davidson
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Fabrice Valclérieux
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Éric Saint-Léger
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Éric Lecendreux
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Éric Dumesnil
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Bastien O'Danieli
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Walter Aubrig
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Alain Marie de Benoist
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Humanity is necessarily pluralistic. It presents incompatible value systems. It is comprised of different families — and does not constitute a family in itself (‘species’ is a biological notion with no historical or cultural value). The only ‘families’ in which genuinely ‘fraternal’ relations may be entertained are cultures, peoples and nations. Fraternity, therefore, can serve as the basis for both solidarity and social justice, for both patriotism and democratic participation.
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As only God has an absolute value, everything that is not God can have only relative value. To be created means that one’s being is not due to oneself but to something other than oneself. This creates a perpetual sense of self-loss within one’s own state of unfulfillment. It means that one is not self-sufficient but a dependent being—one’s state of existence is caged from the start inside that dependency. Creation therefore does not posit man’s autonomy. It circumscribes it, and by virtue of this, in my opinion, invalidates it. Indeed, man has no right to enjoy this world except on condition of acknowledging that he is not its true owner but at best its steward. Yahweh alone is the owner of the world. “The earth belongs to me, and you are nothing but strangers and guests to my eyes” (Leviticus 25:23).
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