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is at one and the same time that which is given in things as their inner law on the one hand, an don the other, that which has no existence except in the 'grid' created by a glance, examination, language.

Order is, at one and the same time, that which is given in things as their inner law, the hidden network that determines the way they confront one another, and also that which has no existence except in the grid created by a glance, an examination, a language... and it is only in the blank spaces of this grid that order manifests itself in depth as though already there, waiting in silence for the moment of its expression. (Foucault 1966: xix)

is dependent upon rules by which the threshold of what counts as resemblances and what counts as differences comes to light.

A 'system of elements' a definition of the segments by which the resemblances and differences can be shown, the types of variation by which those segments can be affected, and, lastly, the threshold above which there is a difference and below which there is a similitude is indispensable for the establishment of even the simplest form of order. (Foucault 1966: xx)

is generally a product of human activity. Chaos exist as a raw material from which to create order.

Order generally was a product of human activity. Chaos existed as a raw material from which to create order. Frank Herbert

is, in its primary state, and in its pure experience, a kind of middle-region between the already 'encoded' eye and reflexive knowledge... that is, it is anterior to words, perceptions, and gesture, which are all expressions of it.

As though emancipating itself to some extent form its linguistic, perceptual, and practical grids, the culture superimposed on them another kind of grid which neutralized them, which by this superimposition both revealed and excluded them at the same time, so that the culture, by this very process, came face to face with order in its primary state. It is on the basis of this newly perceived order that the codes of language, perception and practice are criticized and rendered partially invalid. It is on the basis of this order, taken as a firm foundation, that general theories as to the ordering of things, and the interpretation that such an ordering involves, will be constructed. Thus between the already 'encoded' eye and reflexive knowledge there is a middle region which liberates order itself. This middle region, then, in so far as it makes manifest the modes of being of order, can be posited as the most fundamental of all: anterior to words, perceptions, and gestures, which are then taken to be more or less exact, more or less happy, expressions of it (which is why this experience of order in its pure primary state always plays a critical role)... more solid, more archaic, less dubious, always more 'true' than the theories that attempt to give those expressions explicit form, exhaustive application, or philosophical foundation. Thus, in every culture, between the use of what one might call the ordering codes and reflections upon order itself, there is the pure experience of order and of its modes of being. (Foucault 'order of things' xxi)

is also the law of disorder. Disorder is nothing but a name for a law of order whose effects, though good for nature, run counter to one's convenience or jar one's opinions.

What you call disorder is nothing else than one of the laws of the order you comprehend not and which you have erroneously named disorder because its effects, though good for Nature, run counter to your convenience or jar your opinions. Marquis de Sade

is freedom. For the first 25 years of life we want freedom, for the next 25 years, we want order. For the next 25, we come to realize that order is freedom.

For the first 25 years of my life, I wanted freedom. For the next 25 years, I wanted order. For the next 25 years, I realized that order is freedom. Winston Churchill

Good order is the foundation of all things. Edmund Burke

is not to be forcefully imposed externally. If you are studying natural history, no matter how fascinated you may be by anything that has eight legs, you can't just lump together an octopus and a spider and a string quartet.

If you are studying natural history, no matter how fascinated you may be by anything that has eight legs, you can't just lump together an octopus and a spider and a string quartet.

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