{"id":1733,"date":"2006-01-06T18:24:45","date_gmt":"2006-01-06T18:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leithart.level2d.com\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2017-09-07T00:09:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T18:09:15","slug":"objectivity-and-incarnation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/leithart\/2006\/01\/objectivity-and-incarnation\/","title":{"rendered":"Objectivity and incarnation"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\">\n<\/head><body><p><\/p><p> In his early work on Husserl\u2019s treatise on the origins of geometry, Derrida highlights the critical insight that the objectivity and universality of geometric axioms depends, paradoxically, on their embodiment in writing.  On the one hand, geometry is \u201cthere for \u2018everyone.\u2019\u201d  Yet, \u201chow does geometrical ideality (just like that of all sciences) proceed from its primary intrapersonal origin, where it is a structure within the conscious space of the first inventor\u2019s soul, to its ideal objectivity\u201d?  How do others come to know the Pythagorean theorem?  Derrida says that it is \u201cby means of language, through which it receives, so to speak, its linguistic living body.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> Derrida employs the notion of incarnation to describe this: \u201cThe possibility of necessity of being incarnated in a graphic sign is no longer simply extrinsic and factual in comparison with ideal Objectivity; it is the sine qua non of Objectivity\u2019s internal completion.\u201d  When Objectivity \u201cis not in a position to be party to an incarnation  . . .  then OBjectivity is not fully constituted.\u201d  Or again, \u201cHusserl insists that truth is not fully objective, i.e., ideal, intelligible for everyone and indefinitely perdurable, as long as it cannot be said and written.\u201d   <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his early work on Husserl\u2019s treatise on the origins of geometry, Derrida highlights the critical insight that the objectivity and universality of geometric axioms depends, paradoxically, on their embodiment in writing. 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