Cycle 10 · 24 Mar 2022#11 Ukraine: mathematics unites men, politics divides them (Aristotle)- 35:14Opposing Russians and Ukrainians is like saying "he is not French, he is Breton": an inability to synthesize unity and diversity.
Unity
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Cycle 10 · 24 Mar 2022#11 Ukraine: mathematics unites men, politics divides them (Aristotle)
Cycle 7 · 18 Apr 2020#5 Harnessed to confinitude- 24:01The classical achieves the powerful unity of character at the expense of totality; romanticism plays for totality at the risk of losing unity.
Cycle 4 · 12 Nov 2017#4.2 Angélique (by Nerval)- 1:17:59The supposedly disjointed text answers to the three unities: time (the day of the dead, autumn), place (the land of death, the West), action.
Cycle 3 · 1 Aug 2017#3.2 From Ulysses to Daedalus- 1:35:02Classical unity is exclusive but not exhaustive: the totality of the self is sacrificed to bring out one trait.