JGB 21, the causa sui a self-contradiction
The first sentence of aphorism 21. »Nothzucht« is rendered "rape", the harsh word it is, and »Unnatur« "unnaturalness"; the subject of »sich ... zu verstricken« is the pride, which entangles itself. The aphorism goes on to the desire for freedom of the will and to the unfree will, which the map leaves for the comparison on the will; the passage here stops before them. Aphorism 15 supposes something near what this sentence asserts, »gesetzt, dass der Begriff causa sui etwas gründlich Absurdes ist« (p-jgb-15-external-world-not-work-of-organs).