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The West (n.) made ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠"know thyself" its first precept because it discovers the universe within itself, and like Ulysses its journey is merely the accident of a return.

The West (n.) as ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a planetary order organized around a law in which evil gives itself the appearance of good is perhaps the preparation the coming of the Messiah demands.

The West (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a civilization "informed" by Christianity, in which one may be unwittingly Christian even while refusing, with Simone Weil, every Christian dogma.

The West (n.) signifies ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠freedom of spirit: to efface oneself before the truth yet feel the master in this effacement, like the mathematician bowing before evidence — a coincidence of obedience and command called reason.

The West (n.) essentially ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠promises the possibility of conflicting truths that remain reciprocally translatable, a humanity living in common through its disagreements.