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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John Donne appears only as a passing reference in the course materials, invoked through a theological framework about self-referring, self-creating forms without external determination. His relevance here is primarily as a historical touchstone for how Christian metaphysics (particularly monotheistic conceptions of God as pure potentiality) prefigures contemporary discussions of autonomy and self-organization in systems theory and cybernetics. The reading seems to use Donne's era as an intellectual genealogy for understanding how medieval and early modern theology anticipates modern machine logic and reflexive systems.
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