arcanum imperii, n.All

The Arcanum imperii (n.) at ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the center of power is the state of exception: an empty space where human action unrelated to law faces a norm unrelated to life.

Arcanum imperii (n.) lies ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in our form of life, so close we cannot grasp it — like the cities and houses we lived in, which coincide with the life we frittered away there.