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Comprehension (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not read off a schema once built: it is realized in and by the building — once the schema exists, there is nothing left to comprehend.

Comprehension (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠realized as imaged but not by the image — the schema, far from aiding intellection, often slows and deviates it.

Comprehension (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a word, on the unreflective plane, is the sudden appearance of the object: invited to grasp 'nature imitates art', we first turn to the things themselves to contemplate them.

Comprehension (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠very often only this: the schema plus the idea that one could, that one ought, go further.

Comprehension (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠images is never-ending — the mind answers an image with another image, in principle to infinity; to reach naked thought takes a revolution, a jump to the reflective plane with no staircase.