externality, n.Definitions

Externality (n.) signifies ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only existence in space: so bodies exist outside us as surely as I exist in time.

Externality (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠space is not external enough: the outside that matters is more external than any outside of the world.

Externality (n.) exists ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to test faith, not to deceive: the world's glory or misery, success or failure — the spirit is tested by setting it all at zero and withdrawing.

Externality (n.) must ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be real, not merely apparent: if spirit can exist only in outer reality, the solidity of the inner depends on the solidity of the outer.

Externality (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠internality, multiplicity and unity, analysis and synthesis, nature and anti-nature — Marxism's deepest contribution may be the wish to transcend these oppositions; to act on a man one must act on what conditions him.