Thursday, May 13, 2010

A passing thought ...

Actio sequitur esse is a sound axiom: Action follows from being. But it is a purely quantitative indicator. It says nothing about the quality of being. That, presumably, would derive from the quality of the action. Routine, reflexive action necessarily diminishes the quality of being. It is what Eliot calls "distraction from distraction by distraction."

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