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Single Idea 21843

[from 'A Conversation: what is it? What is it for?' by Gilles Deleuze, in 16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 1. Self as Indeterminate ]

Full Idea

Things, people, are made up of varied lines, and they do not necessarily know which line they are on or where they should make the line which they are tracing pass; there is a whole geography in people, with rigid lines, supple lines, lines of flight etc.

Gist of Idea

People consist of many undetermined lines, some rigid, some supple, some 'lines of flight'

Source

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

Book Reference

Deleuze,Gilles: 'Dialogues II' [Continuum 2006], p.8


A Reaction

An example of Deleuze creating a novel concept, in order to generate a liberating way of seeing our lives. His big focus is on 'lines of flight' (which, I think, are less restrained by local culture than the others).

Related Idea

Idea 21848 Some lines (of flight) are becomings which escape the system [Deleuze]