we begin thinking in thought
the world outside of thought is non-thought - it is not thought
it is the object of thought
that which thought is primarily directed at
it is the first instance in that thought recognizes what it is not
thought or mind sees itself as situated in non-thought
this is the primary presentation
thought inside a world of non-thought
consciousness in a non-conscious world
in fact we never go beyond this reality
the primary function of thought is to characterize the unknown (that which is not
thought) in thought
it is to transform
to translate the unknown to thought
to knowledge
to appropriate the unknown
in one sense this is all thought does
at the heart of this activity - the essence of it is - uncertainty
thought is uncertain
all that is certain paradoxically is the unknown
but the unknown does not speak
we can only attempt to grasp and characterize it in thought
any such characterization - description
is finally based on description
and whatever is to count as an initial description is finally a matter of decision - and in
general convention
we inherit certain conventions
and we make new ones
they are platforms
on the unknown
masks for the unknown
like the human face
