Prussia wasn’t a state with an army, it was an army with a state. And when Frederick demanded French replace German cuisine, the essence replaced the duck.
I’m starving, where’s the duck?
It is in the essence, now get back in line.
Are you sure this is duck? Looks like tap water.
Eat or don’t eat the noumenal duck remains forever beyond the spoon. You can’t afford the certainty.
“Can’t afford the certainty? I was sold on certainty being cheaper than knowledge!”
“You’ll have neither, and like it.”
“But how will I know? If I have knowledge, I’ll know it’s uncertain. And if I have certainty…”
“They didn’t ask such questions back in 1776, my philosophical pelican.”
“Was ist?”
“Its mouth contains more than its belly can.”
“I don’t come here for the semantics of military base mess hall motivational posters.”
“Where do you usually go?”
“Gomer Pyle’s house.”
“Pyle!”