The Detail (n.) is the path to wisdom — Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.
The Detail (n.) is a window into infinity — To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.
Detail (n.) is an obstacle — no amount of genius can overcome a preoccupation with detail.
Detail (n.) is risky — he that makes a thing too fine, breaks it.
A Discursive fact (n.) is made an object of discussion.
Invisible fact (n.) is a hidden social fact that connects different parts of a social organization into one whole.
An Invisible fact (n.) holds together different facets of social organization into an organically connected whole. Such facts serve as the object of the fieldworker's search.
Matter of fact (n.) is, for Bruno Latour, a thing treated as a settled objective fact, apart from surrounding interests and disputes.
Matter of fact (n.) is the voice a doctor uses so the bad news sounds like weather.
A Matter of fact (n.) is an opinion that got there first.
A Matter of fact (n.) is whatever is still standing once everyone with an interest in it has stopped talking.