THE SUBJECT OF THINKING 2ND LECTURE AT THE BIJLMER SPINOZA-FESTIVAL: MAY 3, 2009 BY MARCUS STEINWEG (ABSTRACT)
THE BIJLMER SPINOZA-FESTIVAL
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EXPLICATION OF THE TITLE:
1. WHAT IS A SUBJECT (IN GENERAL)?
2. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THINK?
3. WHAT FINALLY IS THE SUBJECT OF THINKING?
WHAT IS A SUBJECT (IN GENERAL)?
SUBJECT IS MORE ORE SOMETHING ELSE THEN ONLY AN OBJECT
IT IS THE AUTHOR OF ITS OWN DECISIONS
SUBJECT OF FREEDOM IN OBJECTIVE UNFREEDOM
NOT: SUBJECT AS ENS CREATUM
NOT: SUBJECT AS PRODUCT ONLY OF THE SOCIETY, OF ITS CULTURE AND TIME
NOT: SUBJECT AS VICTIM OF IT'S PAST
BUT: SUBJECT AS SUBJECT OF ITS OWN LIFE, OF IT''S SINGULARITY
BUT: SUBJECT OF A CERTAIN SELFINVENTION
BUT: SUBJECT OF THE AFFIRMATION OF CONTINGENCY, THAT MEANS OF THE UNCONTROLLABLE ASPECTS OF IT'S LIFE.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THINK?
THINKING IS THE AFFIRMATION OF CONTINGENCY, OF INCOMMENSURABILITY AS SUCH.
THINKING IS NOT SIMPLY THINKING WHAT EXISTS.
IT IS THINKING OF THE UNTHINKABLE PARTS OF REALITY.
SELFACCELERATION TOWARDS THE DIMENSION OF NON-SENSE & NON-EXISTENCE: THE DIMENSION OF TRUTH.
NOT ONLY KNOWLEDGE, BUT EXCESS OF KNOWLEDGE.
WHAT FINALLY IS THE SUBJECT OF THINKING?
IT IS A BLIND SUBJECT OF SELFACCELERATION TOWARDS THE DIMENSION OF TRUTH OR INCOMMENSURABILITY.
IT IS A SUBJECT OF HEADLESSNESS, BUT OF A PRECISE HEADLESSNESS OR BLINDNESS.
IT IS MORE A SUBJECT OF EXPERIENCE THEN OF KNOWLEDGE, BECAUSE IT IS IN TOUCH WITH SOMETHING AS UNCANNY AS NEW.