Fronde (n.) shows how a past event loses its sense: reading Retz you side with the oppressed people, then see them manipulated by nobles, then side with the Court defending the realm, then with the peace party — the scales tilt with every page.
The German Peasants' War (n.) settled on the princes — only they had anything to gain, and therefore this was its result.
An Insurgency (n.) doesn't have to win, only to still be there next year.
Insurgency (n.) is inevitable when people do not feel they have a place at the table. They have nothing left to do but turn it over.
Metaphysical rebellion (n.) is man's protest against his condition and against all of creation: the slave objects to his state as a slave, whereas the metaphysical rebel objects to his state as a man.
Metaphysical rebellion (n.) returns the ticket: the entrance to harmony costs too much, and an honest man is bound to give it back as soon as possible — 'It's not God that I don't accept, only I most respectfully return Him the ticket.'
Metaphysical rebellion (n.) that restricts itself to absolute negation condemns itself to passive acceptance; if it adores what exists, it is sooner or later compelled to act.
Metaphysical rebellion (n.) protests the human condition for its incompleteness, thanks to death, and its wastefulness, thanks to evil.