Both Uses of
militant
in
The Magic Mountain
- But there was no clarity, no order, not even of a dualistic and militant sort; for it was ail not only contradictory, but also topsy-turvy, and the disputants not only contradicted one another, but also themselves.†
Chpt 6.6 *militant = using extreme or violent methods used to achieve a political goal; or someone who uses such methods
- Herr Settembrini was afraid of the "absolute Spirit," wanted to restrict "spirit" to democratic progress, and nothing else—was horrified by militant Naphta's religious licentiousness, which made a jumble of God and the Devil, the holy and the criminal, genius and illness, which recognized no values, no judgments of reason, no will.†
Chpt 6.6
Definition:
using extreme or violent methods to achieve a political goal; or someone who uses such methods