2. Philosophy - Stefano Franchi

tion:
T HE WORLD OF CANDRAKIRTI
1. Mr. Palomar’s Vacation
1.1. MR. PALOMAR ON THE BEACH
3 1.1.1. Reading a wave
9 1.1.2. The naked bosom
13 1.1.3. The sword of the sun
1.2. MR. PALOMAR IN THE GARDEN
19 1.2.1 The love of the tortoises
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3. The silences of Mr. Palomar
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3.3. THE MEDITATIONS OF MR. PALOMAR
113 3.3.1. The world looks at the world
116 3.3.2. The universe as a mirror
121 3.3.3. Learning to be dead
A brief note preceding the chapters’ list discloses the meaning of the strange numera-
The numbers 1,2,3 that mark the titles of the index, whether they are in
the first, second, or third position, besides having a purely ordinal value,
correspond also to three thematic areas, three kinds of experience and inquiry
that, in varying proportions, are present in every part of the book.
Those marked “1” generally correspond to a visual experience, whose object
is almost always some natural form; the text tends to be descriptive.
Those marked “2” contain elements that are anthropological, or cultural
in the broad sense; and the experience involves, besides visual data, also
language, meaning, history. The text tends to take the form of a story.
Those marked “3” involve more speculative experience, concerning the
cosmos, time, infinity, the relationship between the self and the world, the
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