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A Reactive force (n.) sees ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the origin upside down: difference becomes negation, self-affirmation becomes negation of the other.

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A Reactive force (n.) triumphs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not by itself but because it betrays active force to a will to nothingness deeper than itself — and becoming-reactive is the only becoming we feel, experience or know.

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Reactive force (n.) never ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠win by adding up into a greater force; they win by subtraction — separating active force from what it can do.

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Reactive force (n.) fascinate ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠modern thought: we think we have done enough once we understand an organism by its reactions — adaptation, utility, regulation.