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Aesthetic judgment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠short-sighted but supremely persuasive: it says Yes or No before the intellect has had a chance to speak.

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Aesthetic judgment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a judgment that something is beautiful, ugly or otherwise good or bad as art or appearance.

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Aesthetic judgment (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠really just cultural evaluation.

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Apophantic judgement (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a judgment that asserts a predicate of a subject, and so can be true or false.

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An Apophantic judgement (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the sentence that claims the world is this way, period.

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An Apophantic judgement (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a kind of judgement that does not follow the comparative method. Rather, it works by attributing predicates to subjects.

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A Conclusion (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠work on us like an order drawn from a shuffled deck: after all, no one gave you the order.

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A Conclusion (n.) you ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠find hard to swallow must be fought upstream: expose a false premise or a broken step, or else stop quarrelling with it.

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Conclusion (n.) at ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its fullest is long and slow, preceded by lingering, which is why it is not violence.

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A Conclusion (n.) about ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠God brings to an end what should never end, the impact of the sky on the soul.

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Condemnation (n.) one ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠lives under turns into repudiations one performs — and grievances against the law become conflicted efforts to overcome the muted rage of one's own repudiations.

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Condemnation (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the grown-up alternative to repression: the wish is consciously judged and rejected instead of automatically buried.

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Condemnation (n.) replaces ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠repression in analysis: the automatic, excessive process of repression gives way to temperate, purposeful control by the highest agencies of the mind.

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Condemnation (n.) hides ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a secret envy of those who enjoy perversions, like the Landgrave in the Tannhäuser parody: 'strange how these things don't happen to people such as us.'

Kinds of Judgements

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