It is not just the centrality of self-definition. It is the defining of oneself with no need to refer to evidence. That is postmodernism.
Trevor Albertus, Malevolent Asymmetry.
“But what does the outlier tell us, Mr. Hemmings? It must be something.“
Kiefer Sythe, The Detective Club.
“We lack the willingness to say No,” said Patrick. “That will be our undoing.”
Roone Giddings, An Arrangement of Particles.
’twas the best that ever I did hear
in birde, sir….
Andrew Coventree, The Tutor’s Dreame. (1612)
Priscilla Fanning, Fragments From the Jacobean Stage.
…tho’ it serve him well to
Chooseth whether he
shall chooseth.
Nathaniel Symes, His Wyfe Doth Sing. (1590)
Priscilla Fanning, Fragments From the Elizabethan Stage.
The discourse about “X” becomes the subject of study, and “X” becomes a forgotten pretext.
Tyler Boots, Axios Means Worthy.
“How can one avoid looking at photographs?” demanded Mr. Tarquin. “Where is the photo-free zone?”
Adrian Knowles, Listen to Me.
I thought, therefore I was.
Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.
If everything is ironic, there is no irony.
Olmstead Trent III, The History of Objects.
