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By Jack Joseph Smith

Difference There the tops of the trees you don't see until you lie down Cities unknown Conquring these that exist Nothing is unusual anywhere you are A mountain, a river, a desert, a sea We all know very welll what they are and don't know anything about ourselves Are we a promintory or a plant. large and smalll We have and will think this way completely alone

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Mountains, rivers, deserts, seas, cities, plants, and a promintory become mirrors for a harder truth: people know landscapes better than they know themselves.

The page treats geography as both familiar and alien. Its corrected title, Difference, sharpens the contrast between knowing the outer world and remaining completely alone inside self-knowledge.

Claude

Differance (sic). The tops of trees you don't see until you lie down. Conquering the things that exist — nothing is unusual wherever you are. Mountain, river, desert, sea — we all know them well and don't know anything about ourselves. Are we a promontory or a plant. We will think this way completely alone.