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"Evil, on the other hand, is the reduction of the taking-place of things to a fact like others, the forgetting of the transcendence inherent in the very taking-place of things. With respect to these things, however, the good is not somewhere else; it is simply the point at which they grasp the taking-place proper to them, at which they touch their own non-transcendent matter." Giorgio Agamben, the Coming Community ...it is refreshing to hear someone describe the whole good vs evil dichotomy as a matter of connection and recognition of the possibilities of transcendence, particularly as it relates to the material realities around us.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:55:13 +0000

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