Against Ourselves

We must think against ourselves, W. says, that first of all. We must, as thinkers, despise ourselves and calumny ourselves.

We must think from our shortcomings, and think only of our shortcomings, he says. We must think from the impossibility of thinking, and think only of the impossibility of thinking.

We must think from our failure, from our finitude, and think of nothing but our failure, of our finitude, W. says.