Middle Age

Even though most of alchemical thought seems absurd in comparison to modern scientific thinking, it should not be forgotten that the Middle Ages greatly influenced present culture.
from The Mystica webpage

Middle Age

Even though most of alchemical thought seems absurd in comparison to modern scientific thinking, it should not be forgotten that the Middle Ages greatly influenced present culture.
from The Mystica webpage

bending the reality

Ukiyo-e by Sharaku. The 1794 print of Kabuki actor Otani Onji II in the role of Edobe, a servant.

bending the reality

Ukiyo-e by Sharaku. The 1794 print of Kabuki actor Otani Onji II in the role of Edobe, a servant.

will and representation

Schopenhauer, on the contrary is analytical. He does not create a sophisticated picture of the world. He only gives an answer to the question `what is the world': it is will and representation.
from Principia Cybernetica Web

will and representation

Schopenhauer, on the contrary is analytical. He does not create a sophisticated picture of the world. He only gives an answer to the question `what is the world': it is will and representation.
from Principia Cybernetica Web

vortex

a whirling mass of water forming a vacuum at it's center, into which anything caught in the motion is drawn
from Webster dictionary

vortex

a whirling mass of water forming a vacuum at it's center, into which anything caught in the motion is drawn
from Webster dictionary

impression

an effect produced, as on the mind or sense, by some force or influence
from Webster Dictionary

impression

an effect produced, as on the mind or sense, by some force or influence
from Webster Dictionary

it frightens precisely

But a monster is not just that, it is not just this himerical figure in some way that grafts one animal onto another, one living being onto another. A monster is always alive, let us not forget. Monsters are living beings. The monster is also that which appears for the first time and, consequently, is not yet recognized. A monster is a species for which we do not yet have a name, which does not mean that the species is abnormal, namely, the composition or hybridisation of already known species. Simply, it shows itself [elle se montre] - that is what the word monster means - it shows itself in something that is not yet shown and that therefore looks like a hallucination, it strikes the eye, it frightens precisely because no anticipation had prepared one to identify this figure.
from Derrida - Prepare yourself to experience the future and welcome the monster

it frightens precisely

But a monster is not just that, it is not just this himerical figure in some way that grafts one animal onto another, one living being onto another. A monster is always alive, let us not forget. Monsters are living beings. The monster is also that which appears for the first time and, consequently, is not yet recognized. A monster is a species for which we do not yet have a name, which does not mean that the species is abnormal, namely, the composition or hybridisation of already known species. Simply, it shows itself [elle se montre] - that is what the word monster means - it shows itself in something that is not yet shown and that therefore looks like a hallucination, it strikes the eye, it frightens precisely because no anticipation had prepared one to identify this figure.
from Derrida - Prepare yourself to experience the future and welcome the monster

Immersion

A special nonsingular map from one manifold to another such that at every point in the domain of the map, the derivative is an injective linear map.
from MathWorld

Immersion

A special nonsingular map from one manifold to another such that at every point in the domain of the map, the derivative is an injective linear map.
from MathWorld

a common speech

Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. ...
But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." ...
from Genesis, The Tower of Babel

a common speech

Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. ...
But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." ...
from Genesis, The Tower of Babel

Japanese "deconstruction"

"... I promised you some schematic and preliminary reflections on the word "deconstruction". What we discussed were prolegomena to a possible translation of this word into Japanese, one which would at least try to avoid, if possible, a negative determination of its significations or connotations."
from Derrida's 'Letter to a Japanese Friend'

Japanese "deconstruction"

"... I promised you some schematic and preliminary reflections on the word "deconstruction". What we discussed were prolegomena to a possible translation of this word into Japanese, one which would at least try to avoid, if possible, a negative determination of its significations or connotations."
from Derrida's 'Letter to a Japanese Friend'

Lilliput

"He shall not presume to come into our metropolis, without our express order; at which time, the inhabitants shall have two hours warning to keep within doors."
from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

Lilliput

"He shall not presume to come into our metropolis, without our express order; at which time, the inhabitants shall have two hours warning to keep within doors."
from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels