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the phenomenon of interest is too much denatured in the formal image,
 
the phenomenon of interest is too much denatured in the formal image,
 
may result in destroying all interest in the result that does result.
 
may result in destroying all interest in the result that does result.
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=====1.3.5.12. A Formal Apology=====
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| We cease to think when we refuse to do so under the constraint of language;
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| we barely reach the doubt that sees this limitation as a limitation.
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| (Nietzsche, 'The Will to Power', S 522, 283).
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Seizing the advantage of this formal flexibility makes it possible
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to take abstract leaps over a multitude of material obstacles,
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to reason about many properties of objects and processes
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from a knowledge of their form alone, without having
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to know everything about their material content
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down to the depths that matter can go.
   
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