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2 timestamped hits 1 source reading 1 extracted note Newest source: 2025-06-05, day precision Aliases: ernst-arndts

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Ernst Arndt

A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Let the animality of your hearts be your church. Okay? Let us be one people. And let this nation be our religion. Let hatred..."

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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Let the animality of your hearts be your church. Okay? Let us be one people. And let this nation be our religion. Let hatred..."

Most recent Jiang source touching this topic: The Nation Is The New God (2025-06-05, day precision).

Most connected source reading: The Nation Is The New God.

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Jiang presents Ernst Arndt as a father of German nationalism because Arndt turns hatred of the French, freedom, and fatherland into religious objects of German unity.

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The Nation Is The New God

2025-06-05, day precision · Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State

Transcript

"Let the animality of your hearts be your church. Okay? Let us be one people. And let this nation be our religion. Let hatred..."

The Nation Is The New God

2025-06-05, day precision · Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State

Transcript

"...attempt to create a new German national identity. Okay? This is Ernst Arndt. He's a poet. Okay? And he believes that this new identity..."

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