ON BEING RETRO IN THE ZEROES (an introduction)
From the intro:
"And
yet, and yet . . . Denying temporal succession, denying
the self, denying the astronomical universe, are apparent
desperations and secret consolations. Our destiny is
not frightful by being unreal; it is frightful because
it is irreversible and iron-clad. Time is the substance
I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along,
but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me,
but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me,
but I am the fire."
Jorge
Luis Borges, from "A New Refutation of Time" |
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