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Single Idea 21850

[filed under theme 2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic ]

Full Idea

It is always possible to undo dualisms from the inside, by tracing the line of flight which passes between the two terms or the two sets …and which draws both into a non-parallel evolution. At least this does not belong to the dialectic.

Gist of Idea

Dualisms can be undone from within, by tracing connections, and drawing them to a new path

Source

Gilles Deleuze (A Conversation: what is it? What is it for? [1977], II)

Book Ref

Deleuze,Gilles: 'Dialogues II' [Continuum 2006], p.26


A Reaction

Deleuze disliked Hegel's version of the dialectic. Not clear what he means here, but he is evidently groping for an alternative account of the reasoning process, which is interesting. Deleuze hates rigid dualisms.


The 12 ideas from 'A Conversation: what is it? What is it for?'

Philosophy aims to become the official language, supporting orthodoxy and the state [Deleuze]
When I meet objections I just move on; they never contribute anything [Deleuze]
We must create new words, and treat them as normal, and as if designating real things. [Deleuze]
Don't assess ideas for truth or justice; look for another idea, and establish a relationship with it [Deleuze]
Before we seek solutions, it is important to invent problems [Deleuze]
Before Being there is politics [Deleuze]
A meeting of man and animal can be deterritorialization (like a wasp with an orchid) [Deleuze]
People consist of many undetermined lines, some rigid, some supple, some 'lines of flight' [Deleuze]
The history of philosophy is an agent of power: how can you think if you haven't read the great names? [Deleuze]
Thought should be thrown like a stone from a war-machine [Deleuze]
Some lines (of flight) are becomings which escape the system [Deleuze]
Dualisms can be undone from within, by tracing connections, and drawing them to a new path [Deleuze]