~ Logos Hybreōs Sophomōros ~

~ Logos Hybreōs Sophomōros ~

~ The Logical Hubris of Wise Fools and Foolish Wisdoms ~

~ λόγος ὕβρεως σοφόμωρος ~

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the ordering is intentional

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theoria pragma praxis is not a slurry of ideals but it is description of how

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engagement unfolds once attention is applied to a situation

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theoria appears first

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because the initial posture toward the maze is distance

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the maze is assumed to be stable

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because it is being treated as an object of observation

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understanding is expected to precede/proceed/proseed involvement

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clarity is assumed to be neutral

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this assumption is not naïve

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it is/isnt the default mode of analysis

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however theoria is not passive

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even sustained observation exerts pressure

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to frame a thing as intelligible is already to constrain what it can become

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to search for patterns is to privilege certain outcomes over others

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to imagine a solution is to narrow the space of possible responses

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the maze changes because attention is not inert

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pragma emerges not from action but from engagement

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it appears the moment a situation is treated as something that must respond

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pragma names the condition that forms when a situation ceases to be neutral

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not because it resists

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but because it is now involved

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at this point the maze is no longer an object

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it is a matter

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a situation

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this is why pragma precedes/proceeds/proseeds praxis

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patterns have already been reinforced or weakened

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paths have already shifted

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by the time action is acknowledged

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the situation has already been altered

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praxis therefore does not begin in a clean space

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it begins inside conditions produced by prior engagement

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action becomes adjustment rather than execution

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movement becomes reactive rather than directed

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this is where aporia/a priori becomes unavoidable

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there is still movement

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there is still change

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but direction is no longer guaranteed by method

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aporia/a priori does not indicate ignorance

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it indicates the collapse of passage

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the structure is daedalian not because it deceives

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rather because it is overdetermined

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its precision allows variation

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its coherence exceeds the assumptions brought into it

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the situation becomes h/er(o/a)morphic

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not as a result of external judgment

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as a consequence of sustained regard

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the longer the situation is engaged

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judgment becomes the only remaining faculty

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it is not a better strategy

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what is learned here is not technique

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it is the limit of pattern itself

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phronesis is implied rather than named

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it emerges only after patterns fail

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because it cannot be applied in advance

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after praxis continues without certainty

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it demonstrates them

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praxis does not argue these points

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the situation forms because engagement is never neutral

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action follows

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only after conditions have already shifted

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the ordering is intentional

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theoria pragma praxis is not a slurry of ideals

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It is description of how engagement unfolds

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once attention is applied to a situation

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theoria appears first

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because the initial posture toward the maze is distance

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the maze is assumed to be stable

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because it is being treated as an object of observation

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understanding is expected to precede involvement

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clarity is assumed to be neutral

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theoria is not passive

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even sustained observation exerts pressure

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to frame a thing as intelligible is already to constrain what it can become

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to search for patterns is to privilege certain outcomes over others

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to imagine a solution is to narrow the space of possible response

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this assumption is not naïve

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it is the default mode of analysis

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this is why the maze changes before practice begins

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the maze changes because attention is not inert

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that is the condition this praxis names