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Opposite (n.) should ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠feed each other like a symbiosis in which the waste products of one are the food of the other — so their opposition is to be preserved, not abolished.

Opposite (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be united by reason — that is precisely why they are called opposites; only something new, created through living, can carry the energies of both and of neither.

The Opposite (n.) were ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠archaic man's first invention once he began to think: odd and even, above and below, good and evil, serene and tragic at once.

Opposite (n.) grow ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠more hostile the more rigidly and one-sidedly either position is held.

Opposite (n.) kept ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠apart to avoid conflict do not function; they remain inert.

Opposite (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠are true are never incommensurable — if they were they could never unite; and they show a constant propensity to union, which is why Cusanus defined God as a complexio oppositorum.

Opposite (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be derived from each other — hot not from cold, high not from low; an opposition exists in binary form or not at all, and a being without opposites is unthinkable.

Opposite (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠exist without each other, precisely because of their extremity: there is no position without its negation, and matter holds the seed of spirit as yang holds yin.

Opposite (n.) such ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as white and black, good and bad, are in our field of experience equivalent, and always predicate one another.

Opposite (n.) must ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠work together to help the one god upward: Horus and Set, enemies, hold the ladder for Osiris to climb to heaven.

The Opposite (n.) condition ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠each other: where there is faith there is doubt, only saints get diabolical visions, and tyrants are slaves of their valets.

Opposite (n.) remain ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠dormant in the unconscious so long as consciousness refrains from acting; once activated, the spirit is swallowed by Physis — the hero in the belly of the whale, reborn bald as a babe.

Opposite (n.) at ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠their most extreme make up Mercurius: on one hand he is akin to the godhead, on the other he is found in sewers.

The Opposite (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠meet in the coniunctio either confront each other in enmity or attract each other in love: moist and dry, spirit and body, Sol and Luna, often crossed into a quaternity like the four elements.

The Opposite (n.) do ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not belong to the ego but stand above it, which is why they appear as kings or gods and as beasts; together they form the phenomenology of the paradoxical self, man's totality.

The Opposite (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be abolished without death: life balances them like any energy process, and while Nietzsche escaped into madness and the yogi into samadhi, the ordinary man must stand between them.