(127)
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The contradictory conceptual couple, identity and difference, is not the adequate framework for understanding the organization of the multitude. Instead we are a multiplicity of singular forms of life and at the same time share a common global existence. The anthropology of the multitude is an anthropology of singularity and commonality.
— Antonio Negri
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The contradictory conceptual couple, identity and difference, is not the adequate framework for understanding the organization of the multitude. Instead we are a multiplicity of singular forms of life and at the same time share a common global existence. The anthropology of the multitude is an anthropology of singularity and commonality." in the context of "(127)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Antonio Negri" (Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire: Page numbers refer to the first British edition, Hamish Hamilton, 2005, .)
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