Difference between revisions of "Introduction"
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A force nonetheless lifts me up and carries me forward. That force is the vision, the image I have of a system of vessels and channels, of a living body of possibilities. My task is to present the vision, to try to explain how the organs of that living body of thought work together. It is a web: if you pull one knot, the rest of the mesh will come with it. It is a cycle: if you start the cycle running, it will feed itself and grow. | A force nonetheless lifts me up and carries me forward. That force is the vision, the image I have of a system of vessels and channels, of a living body of possibilities. My task is to present the vision, to try to explain how the organs of that living body of thought work together. It is a web: if you pull one knot, the rest of the mesh will come with it. It is a cycle: if you start the cycle running, it will feed itself and grow. | ||
| − | My vision is the strength; my ignorance is the weakness. The method will therefore be to focus on the strength, and to admit the weakness. When there is a book that remains to be read, I will name it. When there is an argument that remains to be developed, I will say so. Thus I | + | My vision is the strength; my ignorance is the weakness. The method will therefore be to focus on the strength, and to admit the weakness. When there is a book that remains to be read, I will name it. When there is an argument that remains to be developed, I will say so. Thus I plan to travel from gap to gap: here is a part that I see, here a part is missing, and here again is a part that I see. |
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