Appearance & Essence
Some appearances are not subtractable epiphenomena; the appearance is so crucial for the consistency of what appears that removing it loses the thing itself.
In his words 1
“What if there is an appearance which precisely as appearance is crucial for the consistency of that which appears? So that you take away the appearance and you then get the thing itself, you lose the thing itself.”35:08 Being and Subjectivity: Act and Evental Enthusiasm · appearance constitutive of reality — subject as irreducible semblance
The stories that teach it
the jokes and anecdotes he reaches for when he works in this idea, ranked by how many of its talks they turn up in; each card is one story, with every retelling on its page
Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa and Zapata occupy Mexico City and go home
Pancho Villa and Zapata seized power in Mexico City, debated for a week or two without knowing what to do, and then went home, a historical example of a blank revolution without a master signifier.
The Glass Eye (Hitchcock TV)
In Hitchcock Presents' 'The Glass Eye' a lonely woman falls for a handsome ventriloquist, Max Collodi; when she finally approaches and touches him, the big man collapses as a doll, the true living being is the small dummy, and a desperate midget steps out of the costume.
Yugoslav army chaos
A self-described lover of order, he was shocked by the chaos, nasty rituals and unwritten rules of his Yugoslav military service, proof that every civilization has a dark, transgressive underside.
Where it comes up 4
4 moments located in the transcripts, click a timestamp to play from there