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The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠kept safe by and preserved by the unformalized language of a tradition which keeps at bay more thematic kinds of thinking.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠neither a deeper objectivity (economic forces) or subjectivity (the will or libido). Rather it is background practices and the unarticulated conditions of understanding.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a lack inherent in the thought of a thinker. What is un-thought is there in each case only as the un-thought. The more original the thinking, the richer will be what is unthought in it'.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not hidden from us in the depths and darkness of the forest. It is instead the openness that allows discrete objects to be seen.

Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not non-thematic apprehension or non-deliberate thinking about things. It is that which is perceived circumspectively.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not thematically apprehended for deliberate thinking about things. When we pass through the door, we do not consider the doorknob, we just use it.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that in a text which through traces indicates that there is within philosophy a thinking that conditions its activity but does not operate according to its rules.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the background practices that, when anomalies force changes in normal science, are forced into the foreground.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the condition for the possibility of thought and action. As such, it can never be fully absorbed into the cogito.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the not-accessible background of practices within which the human is formed.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the unarticulated conditions of understanding which we ought not to try to articulate but to let them appear when, in the effort to expand our understanding of ourselves and the world, they emerge indirectly.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the unthought matrix out of which what is explicit has emerged. That which could have never been an object of thought -because it was never an entity 'in' the world, but the all-pervading world out of which particular things emerged.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠which could never have been present as an object of thought, for what is 'unthought' was never an entity in the world, but is precisely the holistic all-pervading world and context out of which particular things emerged.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the unthought matrix out of which what is explicit emerges.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a lack inherent in a thinker’s thought. What is un-thought is there in each case only as the un-thought.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that which, speaking over and beyond their conscious intention or argument, conveys the fundamental sense of things through which they saw, and which made those intentions or arguments possible.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a set of background practices in a work which are not merely a set of assumptions or beliefs about which one could ever in principle be clear.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not at some unsoundable depth but right upon the surface; it accounts for why we cannot speak of the meaning of a work; because there is no final determinate meaning to get at, only a richer or less rich unthought.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that which through a work and through that work alone, comes up as never-yet-thought; the greater the work of a thinker, the richer the unthought.

The Unthought (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠seeming obviousness of things at various times; little noticed changes, behind our backs but affecting everything, in our taken for granted sense of what things fundamentally are.