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takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman.

A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc. 'The exception proves the rule' is an expression constantly upon the lips of the ignorant, who parrot it from one another with never a thought of its absurdity. In the Latin, ' Exception probate regulam ' means that the exception tests the rule, puts it to the proof, not confirms it. The malefactor who drew the meaning from this excellent dictum and substituted a contrary one of his own exerted an evil power which appears to be immortal.

is as an attack on liberalism unforeseen and sudden situations render unstable any system.

Schmitt's political theory was founded on the idea of exception (Ausnahmezustand) from where he launched an attack on liberalism. According to Schmitt unforeseen and sudden situations in the political render unstable any system build on pre-planned responses and fixed legal codes. The political rests on a fundamental contingency and basic conflict hence it cannot adopt apriori rules of procedure. Liberalism disregards this inherent contingency and does not account for exception in its construal of rules' (NET)

is more interesting than the rule. The rule proves nothing... the exception proves everything. In the exception the power of real life breaks through the crust of a mechanism that has become torpid by repetition.

The exception is more interesting than the rule. The rule proves nothing... the exception proves everything. In the exception the power of real life breaks through the crust of a mechanism that has become torpid by repetition. Carl Schmitt

is anything which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, such as an honest man or a truthful woman.

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