Welcome to Bookmarker!

This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

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sublation

on the narrative level, the solipsistic interpretation of consciousness is entirely sublated here

on John Wayne's rant over the loudspeaker

—p.87 The Ideal Athlete: John Wayne in Infinite Jest (75) by Gregory Phipps
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fractious

In Infinite Jest, however, the duality of the individual operates through a fractious dialectic.

—p.81 The Ideal Athlete: John Wayne in Infinite Jest (75) by Gregory Phipps
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elision

a star must always elide questions concerning the political and social causes behind the lack of opportunity and infrastructural development in the so-called inner city

on "inner city youth" in mainstream contemporary American sports stories

—p.79 The Ideal Athlete: John Wayne in Infinite Jest (75) by Gregory Phipps
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dialectic

This dialectic is Hegelian insofar as its paramount ideal is freedom

American vs Canadian idealism in IJ

—p.75 The Ideal Athlete: John Wayne in Infinite Jest (75) by Gregory Phipps
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pleonasm

Wallace refers to the Irish philosopher George Berkeley, whom he describes as "[...] a world-class pleonast [...]"

the OED definition follows

—p.64 Consider Berkeley & Co.: Reading "Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way" (62) by Philip Coleman
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