gordian knot, n.All

The Gordian knot (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not to be cut so its ends flutter to all corners of the earth, but tied again — the task of the counter-Alexander, a simplifier of the world who unites what is separate into a living structure.