Verbatim quote · defining passage

“Thirdness is the recipient and normalization of the interplay of firstness and secondness, founding and institutionalization, but it is also the position of the witness or spectator. The ability to detach yourself sufficiently from ongoing events so as to observe them as an unfolding drama is an originary source of thinking, morality and esthetics.”

— Adam Katz, The Single Source of Moral and Intellectual Innovation · Oct 2017 · GABlog