The final sentence of Deleuze’s Aristotle section asks, “. . . does not difference as catastrophe precisely bear witness to an irreducible ground which continues
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Deleuze and Spinoza on Ignorance, Learning, and the Body
Gilles Deleuze’s preoccupation with (and reverence for) Spinoza is well known among theory heads and students of contemporary philosophy, as is his frequent quotation or paraphrase
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I. Epigraphs and Titles “And as Eddie’s picture of what It was began to fade, It began promptly to change into something else.” —Stephen King, It
Slow Reading (1.34): Deleuze’s DR (pp. 34-35)
In the final paragraph of this section on Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Deleuze seeks to clarify the point he has just made. Generic / categorical difference and specific difference are
Slow Reading (1.33): Deleuze’s DR (pp. 33-34)
Deleuze ends the paragraph at the top of pg. 33 with a series of questions regarding an alternative concept of difference—that is, generic or categorical difference as
Slow Reading (1.32): Deleuze’s DR (pp. 29-33)
How do I speed up a slow reading which has come to a full stop? How do I find a place to begin again? How do I find the