From which you may also see how the notion of singularity links directly to our ideal of an enlarged thought: by uprooting myself to become another, by enlarging the field of my experiences, I become singular – because I go beyond the particularities of my origins to accede, not to pure unmediated universality, but to a broader and richer awareness of the possibilities which are those of humanity as a whole. One simple example: when I settle in another country to learn a foreign language, I enlarge my horizon continually, whether I am aware of it or not. I afford myself the means of entering
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