Clarifications on ‘Ungrounding’

1. The human being pursuing natural ends.
2. It pursues his ends obliquely. It makes use of means.
3. What makes such a detour possible? It is that at the same time and elsewhere the ends of nature reverberate in the imagination. They transform into original human values or ends. It is precisely they who present themselves as infinite tasks, but who in themselves are not to be realized. They are to be undergone. They determined a kind of action: the ceremony and the ritual. These are what permit the indirect realization of the ends of nature. The human being is already a grounder. We answer the question: what is grounding for?
4. These original ends of the human being are not yet those of reason. Reason as supreme end could only present itself to the extent that the infinite tasks themselves become things to be realized ((Deleuze, ‘What is Grounding?’, p. 18.)).

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Ungrounding

An old argument, poorly articulated and predominantly dull, is lurking in the minds of the frightened ruling class’ representatives. It claims that the so-called proletariat is striving to replace them in their role as rulers of the world. I will not commit myself explaining its origin and how various leftist movements have benefited or suffered by their acquiescence with it. However, there’s something of importance in it, which deserves further examination. Read the rest of this entry »