§40. Resemblance without definition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Foreword xiii
4. Bibliographic Note xvii
5. Translator’s Note xix
6. §1. The aporia of Saint Augustine 1
7. 1. Confessio or Reduction
8. §2. What praise means 11
9. §3. Citation and responsal 21
10. §4. Confessio divided and doubled 27
11. §5. Coherence by confessio 32
12. §6. Unity by confessio 36
13. §7. The model and alterity 40
14. §8. The variations of the model 50
15. 2. The Ego or the Gifted
16. §9. The appearance of a cogito 56
17. §10. The anonymity of the ego 62
18. §11. The dimensions of memoria 69
19. §12. The immemorial 74
20. §13. What desire thinks 80
21. §14. Vita beata as principle 87
22. §15. The gifted, more than the ego 93
23. 3. Truth, or the Saturated Phenomenon
24. §16. The demand of the vita beata 101
25. §17. Dual-action truth 108
26. §18. Hatred of truth 113
27. §19. Evidential excess 115
28. §20. Love of truth 120
29. §21. Third-order truth 128
30. §22. The truth loved: pulchritudo 138
31. 4. Weakness of Will, or Power of Love
32. §23. Temptation and the fact of self 145
33. §24. Desire or care 152
34. §25. The will or my ownmost 159
35. §26. To will, not to will 164
36. §27. Weakness of will 170
37. §28. Vehementer velle 175
38. §29. The grace to will 182
39. 5. Time, or the Advent
40. §30. Time and the origin 191
41. §31. Differance 197
42. §32. The aporia of the present 202
43. §33. The measure of bodily movement 208
44. §34. Distentio animi 212
45. §35. The event of creation 217
46. §36. Conversion of the distentio 223
47. 6. The Creation of the Self
48. §37. The opening of the world 230
49. §38. The aporia of the place 237
50. §39. The site of confessio 243
51. §40. Resemblance without definition 252
52. §41. Pondus meum 260
53. §42. The univocity of love 270
54. §43. In the self’s place 282
55. 7. Addition: Idipsum, or the Name of God
56. §44. The question of the names of God 289
57. §45. The common response 292
58. §46. Translating idipsum by attraction 295
59. §47. The silence of idipsum 299
60. §48. Sum qui sum, or immutability 302
61. Conclusion
62. §49. Oneself as inclusion 307
63. Notes 313
64. English Translations Cited 397
65. Index locorum 403
66. Index nominum 411