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is the collection of all material traces left behind by a particular historical period and culture which one can use to deduce a historical a priori.

This is a technical term Foucault uses in The Archaeology of Knowledge. It designates the collection of all material traces left behind by a particular historical period and culture. In examining these traces one can deduce the historical a priori of the period and then if one is looking at science, one can deduce the episteme of the period. None of these concepts has predictive value they are all descriptions of limited historical orders.

is a kind of thought in which the eye goes beyond things to visibilities and language goes beyond words to utterances.

only once the eye goes beyond things to visibilites, and language goes beyond words or sentences to utterances. Thats thought as archive' (Deleuze Negotiations 95).

, by allowing us to imagine what we do not know, stimulates a desire for knowledge.

The tiny, initial clue ... by allowing us to imagine what we do not know, stimulates a desire for knowledge.

is a large body of money surrounded by people who want some.

is a place where ships taking shelter from storms are exposed to the fury of Customs.

is a location for transients who imbibe in heavy drink and prostitution – indistinguishable from Congress.