*It cannot be said directly that the book (except for the editor’s preface, which stands by itself) is a defense of the established order, since the communication is doubly reflected; it can also be just the opposite or be understood as such. This is why I directly say only that an established order that understands itself must [XIII 508] understand it in this way; all doubly reflected communication makes contrary understandings equally possible; then the one who passes judgment is disclosed by the way he judges.