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has been fractured, dissolved. But that which fractures or dissolves the self is nothing other than<br />

time as change itself. “We produce something new only on condition that we repeat once in the<br />

mode which constitutes the past, and once more in the present <strong>of</strong> metamorphosis. Moreover,<br />

what is produced, the absolutely new itself, is in turn nothing but repetition: the third repetition<br />

this time by excess, the repetition <strong>of</strong> the future as eternal return” (DR 90). This is how the self<br />

overcomes the constitution <strong>of</strong> time as reminiscence in favour <strong>of</strong> the constitution <strong>of</strong> time as the<br />

eternal return. “In this manner, the ground has been superseded by a groundlessness, a universal<br />

ungrounding which turns upon itself and causes only the yet-to-come to return” (DR 91).<br />

Deleuze calls such a passive self that returns eternally, the Overman. “In this manner, the I which<br />

is fractured according to the order <strong>of</strong> time and the Self which is divided according to the<br />

temporal series correspond and find a common descendant in the man without a name…the<br />

already-Overman…” (DR 90).<br />

The Cogito is the beginning <strong>of</strong> Descartes’ philosophy. It is also the beginning <strong>of</strong> Kant’s<br />

philosophy to the extent that he follows the Copernican Revolution <strong>of</strong> the Critique <strong>of</strong> Pure<br />

Reason. On the other hand, Deleuze begins with the passive self that he takes over from Kant<br />

who initiates the Copernican Counter-Revolution. Deleuze then explains how this passive self is<br />

actually the ground <strong>of</strong> the Cogito to the extent it individuates the Cogito through its own activity.<br />

On the other hand, however, Deleuze shows that there is also another kind <strong>of</strong> individuation. This<br />

individuation is the Overman. Philosophy <strong>of</strong>ten begins with the Cogito and the identity <strong>of</strong> the<br />

concept. However, rather than beginning or even continuing with the Cogito, Deleuze <strong>of</strong>fers an<br />

alternative. Alternative begins with the passive self and then continues with the individual that<br />

the passive self becomes through its own activity. This individual is the Overman. So far I have<br />

explained how the passive self repeats. This repetition is itself a kind <strong>of</strong> knowledge. Now I want<br />

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