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Fantastisk fint lille essay om aforismer og de korte fyndords rolle i filosofiens historie - via Føljeton.

“Much of the history of Western philosophy can be narrated as a series of attempts to construct systems. Conversely, much of the history of aphorisms can be narrated as an animadversion, a turning away from such grand systems through the construction of literary fragments. The philosopher creates and critiques continuous lines of argument; the aphorist, on the other hand, composes scattered lines of intuition. One moves in a chain of logic; the other by leaps and bounds.”

Aphorisms tell philosophy’s history as fragments, not systems – Andrew Hui | Aeon Essays