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Fragment 104, for example, compares a human life to a 'thinking reed.' "It is not in space that I should search for my dignity, but in the control of my thoughts … The universe comprehends me by space and engulfs me like a point; by means of thought, I comprehend it" (II, 574).
I comprehend, I even applaud.
I think I haven't yet comprehended it".
At first this statement rather surprised me, until I comprehended that by it he meant Scarborough and the district round, which are said to figure in my novel "Before the Bombardment".
I don't condone it but I can comprehend it.
— Jonathan Wald (@jonathanwald) 1 Feb 13 cc: @AndrewKirtzman RT reminded of 1 of Ed Koch's best comeback lines: "I can explain it to you, but I cannot comprehend it for you".
I'm trying to drum this concept into his head because I believe comprehending it will help him be an ethical and moral person.
I'm militant about following this piece of advice, as in inverse relationship to my daily needs—I can read and write, and even speak, in French much better than I can comprehend it.
So I can comprehend it, it's an educative process and trying to understand what role I can play that would be advantageous and where there are places that I shouldn't speak to as a perpetrator.
"I read it, I comprehended what I had to do.
"I cannot comprehend it for you".
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