First, we can note the theological nature of this figure of the self-referring, self-creating living form that has no end or determination outside its own existence.[^3] Not only is this how the Christian God of monotheism was defined (as a…Agamben, Giorgio. Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life. Trans. Daniel Heller-Roazen. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998.
Derrida, Jacques. Edmund Husserl’s Origin of Geometry: An Introduction. Trans. John P. Leavey, Jr. Lincoln,…
John Donne
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Donne appears here primarily as a theological reference point in discussions of self-referential and self-creating forms—the paradox of a being that exists without external determination or essence, mirroring monotheistic concepts of divinity. His invocation in the course readings anchors philosophical debates about autonomy and recursive selfhood that later inform cybernetic and AI theories of self-generating systems. The excerpt suggests Donne's metaphysical work provides historical grounding for understanding how circular, self-defining structures became conceptually possible before being weaponized in machine learning architectures.
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