Day: March 20, 2018

In Oedipus the King, recognition, anagnorisis, by which – the one who does not know becomes the one who knows – the one who thought he did not know realizes that he already knew has two particular characteristics. 1. [T]hat of being “reflexive”: – the one who seeks is the object of the search –…

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Nomadology 64:

A distinction can always be made between weapons and tools on the basis of their usage (destroying people or producing goods). But although this extrinsic distinction explains certain secondary adaptations of a technical object, it does not preclude a general convertibility between the two groups, to the extent that it seems very difficult to propose…

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