20 December 2010

We live among Palimpsests

Archimedes' Palimpsest
William Gaddis, The Recognitions:

Finally, we can't even conceive of a continuum of time. Every fragment exists by itself, and that's why we live among palimpsests, because finally all the work should fit into one whole, and express an entire perfect action, as Aristotle says, and it's impossible now, it's impossible, because of the breakage, there are pieces everywhere . . . 

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