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of dealing with wit, with aphoristic style. But my
father decided early on that he would try as much
as he could to write and present his things, his
ideas, in aphoristic style. Because aphorisms as
Bacon said, are incomplete. It’s not the spelled-out
essay, this is something highly compressed. It’s a
poetic form. And it calls for a lot of participation
on the part of the person regarding it or thinking
about it. You have to chew it over and mull it over
and work with it for a while before you understand
it fully. A good aphorism should keep you busy for
about a week. Sort of on the back burner kicking it
around and playing with it and exploring it, taking
it apart to see what you can get out of it and so