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Riemann " " " pos.
Non_Euclidian geome. ry ""urn. ,. ,hat the . urface on which construction. ,r. Stl up i, ""t a plam . urfau. In the caSt or 1. . <>1>>- chev. kian geometry it i. concave, p". O(Uing a 'oorutant nelll'tive curvature'. In . hat of Riemannian geometry it i. convex, pos. . . . . . . jog a 'OOl\Sun, positive curvature'. Joyce might have learned ohout 'his (r? om Henri Poincare', La . atnu <I I'hypo,";. . ( '9" ). Poin_ care was ? populari>er of innov:l. tion, and might abo have in_ fluenced Einstein, whoSt General Theory of Relativity was even- tually to prove Riemann more accurate than Euclid. Thu. if C repre$(:n. , Euclid and Newton, A represents Poin",,"; and Ein- 'tein. einstein tigne<! Joyct! ', pe,ition opposing Roth', pirntina: of UIy. w, but in phy1ics hi, cdeh. . . . ted . ignarure wa. a cdcbmted
sock in the jaw rrn Newton. 304? 05-305? 06 i. 1:'. reaclion :
Thanks evenore much, Pointca,riedl I can't say if it'. the _ight you s. rite me to the quick or thlIt red mass I was looking at hut al the prestnt momentum, potential as I am, I'm . eeing rayingbogey. rings round me. . . . And that salub. . . . ted . ~enagia(>Ur of yaounl have t,,"spilled ali
my hucydency . . . Eyeinsrycl
C is then finally enlightened, in the manner perhaps of the Zen devotee, and can See Ihe rainbow', rings as well as the waterline. His oonstruction has been "",ngthened hy hi, hrothtt', inter- vention and begins, as _ look at it, to resemble a _. pon. We ore now rar removed from the original manifesto of ~ for thi' new letter does nothing to shidd m but ra,her helps to destroy him. C and A haveat Ia" come to join forces agains, m, the lener
inoorporates all the scurrilous attacks that its earlier maltifestation disclaimed. The no{Orio,," leners forged by Pigott implicating Parnell in the Phoenix Park Murders included one with the mis- spelling 'he'itency'. Pigott'S inability to spell tbis word was one "f the poin", against him made in the investigation of the libel.
. . PlUlhp Ii. Ii<ttin&,J_<'. ? Vb'. . . . ? N. ,. ,". . " ;" 1M 8. . . . '" M. _ (a. . ,. Io"",. ill<. Vl>iv<nity I'ouo qf Vq;nio '91' )' . 7? .
? 76 The Sigla of FiotnqalU Wdo
)oS. R I IPpcan h ) ltulfCt 'How do you $pdl ! >esitancy1' in Italian Ind Lltin;I:Sl15the:o. i. ,. aIUfCIwdilp"1kdbiIhesiWlCY.
Mn Gluhcen ournmanus the cloK of Il. l : "lb. -y [! he ~ Ia:not<: I I"", lin of >"",,"led topics because time is lhon, In'. WlIitillll. Whon thc:y raU 10 their lea, they I Dd. their , ;lIer h. v<: con- cocted a " lrillittcr"--<<, II allY n. e, a letter containillil thr~ " <Is"
and. ipdbytheIbrffof. hem. II1I<'CIt1? ? " wishth. i. pat"""" a merry Chri. tmas, bUI in facl wilhe. Ib<:Tn dead. The 10UIlIL ~pl. an: now, all of them, IC<Xlmpliccs. "?
Thit IICCOUIl\ IOXClud. . . the IIlOI"<: momic implicatiolll of thc: . yn- Il>c::Iil. Mentol voy. pnl byI: Ind " hilt finally hrou. &hl them. o Rdlti. . i\)' or Salori. l1>c LIS! pale llilin ! ;"os me 'CIl Scphirolh wilh coo ,upol>din, ld"1 marpnal definitions. ]08. 1'. COnO<<t1 the
fifth Scpbira, G<:burah, wi. h Antichrisl, which a n N expllillCd by the IUaJIie mtolO(:1>. 1 in 1m Uorotihd that '. CCOIdi", 10 the ~ct computalion peculiar 10 1M Il\Id"""" oflhc hidden . . :icnce, M. . . iah is the fifth emanation, or potency. In the J~ h KaNia, whete Ihe 1<n S. phiroth emanate from Adam Kadmon (pla<<d belowthecro""n),hecom. . tifth. 'n Thechaplercndt withd"w-
Inlll, for Ihe ve. bali. ed materill world of m bas now been Inll'_ cmdcd io the ineffable inward exper;ence of C and", or, . . Ihey now b<<<>me, L
~ c. . u. . . 11, dili. >,. . '"H. P. W . _,. ,. . l'= ,"'-4,
I
? ? ? Chapter 6 . c
The Norwegian Captain
11. 3 can be taken in three . ections if ooundaries . '" ",,{ al either $idc of the central dialogue of 338-5S. The first section j. vaguely grounded uponananecdoteofJoyce'. fatherconcerningahunch? backed Norwegian cap min wboordered a suit of dOlhes from the Dublin milor J. H . Ker. . . . ' II po. . esse, anopulenee of Norwegian _ r d . a n d m a r i t i m e ; l l u ' i o n . , b f f l u I h w h i c h a u d i S << r n << \ <"VenU in a public MUll<:, blurred by the inj=ion of oWn eventS from a radio or televi. iO<1.
The first contradiction is the . imuhaneou. incarnation of m in both ! helandlordand thecaptain. 309. I1- ) ' 0. 21 explains the gift to m from hi. ! CUStomers of an . locnica! appliane. . , wh. ",by a piped mCS&age penct. . . . ted tbecru. mheraofhi, car until il rtaehcd lbe Iabyrimh, Then ()IO,n-)o) m emerg<:. a. the Scandinavian (Ostman), possibly from the television . ';Te. ,,', openilll! a bottle ",hik his eyes wink at the 'teller'. He draW'S the cork, poun the al~ and drink. ",lemnly. Hi. companion is nol only a 'leUer' but
al", a '. hip', husband' (3". 11). ? Ibi. i, on obooletc term for an "ien! attending to . ship'. business whil. 1 in porI. The ""ilor i. a friend of hi. , bUI the . imil. rily of 'tailor' and 'teUer' implies thaI they will allimes become indistinguishable. The crilerion applic- able[0 theirspeechesi. theword'$aid',whichi. spelleddifferently ~=dinR to the speaker:
Nnrwcgi>. n Captain . . . gd His . genl lOyd Kerue the T ailor sazd
We can now inlerpret the finl speech. The Captain asks hi, agent 'Where can I gel a suit? " The O~nl turru to hi. best friend the tailor and ""YO 'Make a suit' (meoning to "'y, of d othes). A.
'JJ,1>.
? 18 The Sigla ()f Fi1l>lqJam Wakt-
we IIhsll 1ee, the extraneou! ! enS<: of a marriage su;, becomes rele- vant later, The bargain arranged, the C. . . . p11in ukes French leave and . ailsaway for seven years (3t2. 05-6). 'Hump] Hump! ' , hout the custoJn<:rt to the tailor, who in preparing the rigout foc hi. k>rdship hu to modify the jack. , ro accommodale the deformity. P. W. Joyce reports that in Ireland 'Tailors were made the bun of much good-natured harmlen no. ilkry, oflen founded on the well_known facllhat a tailor is the ninrh part of a man. " This a. sel"tion is uoed at 3t7. z6, 326. 33 and 321,03, and derives from
Elizabeth I', r<<<optinn of eighleen tailon as 'gentlemen both'.
If we are 10 appreciate properly the role of the tailor in II. 3 we mUSt refer in the first place 10 "J1>orna. Carlyle'. Sartor Raarlut
(3 ' 4. ' 7). II i. probable thai Carlyle developed rhe 'philosophy of clothes' from Swift', Tal. of" Tub, also a major FW sourcebook. The tailor, he contend? ? ? i. not only a man, but . omething nf a Creator or Divinity. . . . how a M an it by the T ailor new-created into a Nobleman . nd clothed not only with Wool but with Dignity and a MY'i1k Dominion. . . , Whal tOO are all Poets and mnn. l Teach. . '! but a . pedes of Metaphorical Tailo". . . . And this is he whom . . . the wnrld treatS with contumely, as the ninth p. rt of a man. "
m, a. we have . . . . . . has become attached ! <) matter, ro the illu_ sory enve! opt which hi. $Om have transcended. It i. Ihu. OOt . tn. nge that he i, in some placet (e. g. 277. 0', 339. 27-9) actually attired in a seven-colnured . uit. Tha,',all miahty pretty but what about his daughter? , ask the ClIO! ""'. . . . . (3 ' 4. 3? ). n r , fascination by the worldly veil merges with hi. fascination by . . . . , who is be. . . , (327. ~) 'Tina-bat-Talur'- the diminuti"" d;JUghter of the l1ilor.
Kensc can thus . . . . isfy nr. requirements by providing both a physicol ,uit of doth. . and" . wt of marriage with hi. daUj! h! er. Besides her chromatic aura. -I al. o posscueo watery elementl,
whicharebe. . . , incarnate ? ? dew, Latin "" (3 '4. 34). In Judg. . 6 : 37 Gideon addres. . . . God: 'Behold, I will put 1 tkccc of wool in rhe floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt ! laVe brae! by mine: hand, ! l. $ thou hatt . . id. ' The miracle accompli. bed, G~eon ask. for a <ever1ed cffecr, 'And God did to that niab" for it waS dry upon ,he tkccc only, and there wu dew on all the
ground. '
Severa! parodi. . on this appear. 313. 35-6 has 'leaden be light,
'/i>wh',Jo. ,_ SlOol;,. . t. . '-i.
Non_Euclidian geome. ry ""urn. ,. ,hat the . urface on which construction. ,r. Stl up i, ""t a plam . urfau. In the caSt or 1. . <>1>>- chev. kian geometry it i. concave, p". O(Uing a 'oorutant nelll'tive curvature'. In . hat of Riemannian geometry it i. convex, pos. . . . . . . jog a 'OOl\Sun, positive curvature'. Joyce might have learned ohout 'his (r? om Henri Poincare', La . atnu <I I'hypo,";. . ( '9" ). Poin_ care was ? populari>er of innov:l. tion, and might abo have in_ fluenced Einstein, whoSt General Theory of Relativity was even- tually to prove Riemann more accurate than Euclid. Thu. if C repre$(:n. , Euclid and Newton, A represents Poin",,"; and Ein- 'tein. einstein tigne<! Joyct! ', pe,ition opposing Roth', pirntina: of UIy. w, but in phy1ics hi, cdeh. . . . ted . ignarure wa. a cdcbmted
sock in the jaw rrn Newton. 304? 05-305? 06 i. 1:'. reaclion :
Thanks evenore much, Pointca,riedl I can't say if it'. the _ight you s. rite me to the quick or thlIt red mass I was looking at hut al the prestnt momentum, potential as I am, I'm . eeing rayingbogey. rings round me. . . . And that salub. . . . ted . ~enagia(>Ur of yaounl have t,,"spilled ali
my hucydency . . . Eyeinsrycl
C is then finally enlightened, in the manner perhaps of the Zen devotee, and can See Ihe rainbow', rings as well as the waterline. His oonstruction has been "",ngthened hy hi, hrothtt', inter- vention and begins, as _ look at it, to resemble a _. pon. We ore now rar removed from the original manifesto of ~ for thi' new letter does nothing to shidd m but ra,her helps to destroy him. C and A haveat Ia" come to join forces agains, m, the lener
inoorporates all the scurrilous attacks that its earlier maltifestation disclaimed. The no{Orio,," leners forged by Pigott implicating Parnell in the Phoenix Park Murders included one with the mis- spelling 'he'itency'. Pigott'S inability to spell tbis word was one "f the poin", against him made in the investigation of the libel.
. . PlUlhp Ii. Ii<ttin&,J_<'. ? Vb'. . . . ? N. ,. ,". . " ;" 1M 8. . . . '" M. _ (a. . ,. Io"",. ill<. Vl>iv<nity I'ouo qf Vq;nio '91' )' . 7? .
? 76 The Sigla of FiotnqalU Wdo
)oS. R I IPpcan h ) ltulfCt 'How do you $pdl ! >esitancy1' in Italian Ind Lltin;I:Sl15the:o. i. ,. aIUfCIwdilp"1kdbiIhesiWlCY.
Mn Gluhcen ournmanus the cloK of Il. l : "lb. -y [! he ~ Ia:not<: I I"", lin of >"",,"led topics because time is lhon, In'. WlIitillll. Whon thc:y raU 10 their lea, they I Dd. their , ;lIer h. v<: con- cocted a " lrillittcr"--<<, II allY n. e, a letter containillil thr~ " <Is"
and. ipdbytheIbrffof. hem. II1I<'CIt1? ? " wishth. i. pat"""" a merry Chri. tmas, bUI in facl wilhe. Ib<:Tn dead. The 10UIlIL ~pl. an: now, all of them, IC<Xlmpliccs. "?
Thit IICCOUIl\ IOXClud. . . the IIlOI"<: momic implicatiolll of thc: . yn- Il>c::Iil. Mentol voy. pnl byI: Ind " hilt finally hrou. &hl them. o Rdlti. . i\)' or Salori. l1>c LIS! pale llilin ! ;"os me 'CIl Scphirolh wilh coo ,upol>din, ld"1 marpnal definitions. ]08. 1'. COnO<<t1 the
fifth Scpbira, G<:burah, wi. h Antichrisl, which a n N expllillCd by the IUaJIie mtolO(:1>. 1 in 1m Uorotihd that '. CCOIdi", 10 the ~ct computalion peculiar 10 1M Il\Id"""" oflhc hidden . . :icnce, M. . . iah is the fifth emanation, or potency. In the J~ h KaNia, whete Ihe 1<n S. phiroth emanate from Adam Kadmon (pla<<d belowthecro""n),hecom. . tifth. 'n Thechaplercndt withd"w-
Inlll, for Ihe ve. bali. ed materill world of m bas now been Inll'_ cmdcd io the ineffable inward exper;ence of C and", or, . . Ihey now b<<<>me, L
~ c. . u. . . 11, dili. >,. . '"H. P. W . _,. ,. . l'= ,"'-4,
I
? ? ? Chapter 6 . c
The Norwegian Captain
11. 3 can be taken in three . ections if ooundaries . '" ",,{ al either $idc of the central dialogue of 338-5S. The first section j. vaguely grounded uponananecdoteofJoyce'. fatherconcerningahunch? backed Norwegian cap min wboordered a suit of dOlhes from the Dublin milor J. H . Ker. . . . ' II po. . esse, anopulenee of Norwegian _ r d . a n d m a r i t i m e ; l l u ' i o n . , b f f l u I h w h i c h a u d i S << r n << \ <"VenU in a public MUll<:, blurred by the inj=ion of oWn eventS from a radio or televi. iO<1.
The first contradiction is the . imuhaneou. incarnation of m in both ! helandlordand thecaptain. 309. I1- ) ' 0. 21 explains the gift to m from hi. ! CUStomers of an . locnica! appliane. . , wh. ",by a piped mCS&age penct. . . . ted tbecru. mheraofhi, car until il rtaehcd lbe Iabyrimh, Then ()IO,n-)o) m emerg<:. a. the Scandinavian (Ostman), possibly from the television . ';Te. ,,', openilll! a bottle ",hik his eyes wink at the 'teller'. He draW'S the cork, poun the al~ and drink. ",lemnly. Hi. companion is nol only a 'leUer' but
al", a '. hip', husband' (3". 11). ? Ibi. i, on obooletc term for an "ien! attending to . ship'. business whil. 1 in porI. The ""ilor i. a friend of hi. , bUI the . imil. rily of 'tailor' and 'teUer' implies thaI they will allimes become indistinguishable. The crilerion applic- able[0 theirspeechesi. theword'$aid',whichi. spelleddifferently ~=dinR to the speaker:
Nnrwcgi>. n Captain . . . gd His . genl lOyd Kerue the T ailor sazd
We can now inlerpret the finl speech. The Captain asks hi, agent 'Where can I gel a suit? " The O~nl turru to hi. best friend the tailor and ""YO 'Make a suit' (meoning to "'y, of d othes). A.
'JJ,1>.
? 18 The Sigla ()f Fi1l>lqJam Wakt-
we IIhsll 1ee, the extraneou! ! enS<: of a marriage su;, becomes rele- vant later, The bargain arranged, the C. . . . p11in ukes French leave and . ailsaway for seven years (3t2. 05-6). 'Hump] Hump! ' , hout the custoJn<:rt to the tailor, who in preparing the rigout foc hi. k>rdship hu to modify the jack. , ro accommodale the deformity. P. W. Joyce reports that in Ireland 'Tailors were made the bun of much good-natured harmlen no. ilkry, oflen founded on the well_known facllhat a tailor is the ninrh part of a man. " This a. sel"tion is uoed at 3t7. z6, 326. 33 and 321,03, and derives from
Elizabeth I', r<<<optinn of eighleen tailon as 'gentlemen both'.
If we are 10 appreciate properly the role of the tailor in II. 3 we mUSt refer in the first place 10 "J1>orna. Carlyle'. Sartor Raarlut
(3 ' 4. ' 7). II i. probable thai Carlyle developed rhe 'philosophy of clothes' from Swift', Tal. of" Tub, also a major FW sourcebook. The tailor, he contend? ? ? i. not only a man, but . omething nf a Creator or Divinity. . . . how a M an it by the T ailor new-created into a Nobleman . nd clothed not only with Wool but with Dignity and a MY'i1k Dominion. . . , Whal tOO are all Poets and mnn. l Teach. . '! but a . pedes of Metaphorical Tailo". . . . And this is he whom . . . the wnrld treatS with contumely, as the ninth p. rt of a man. "
m, a. we have . . . . . . has become attached ! <) matter, ro the illu_ sory enve! opt which hi. $Om have transcended. It i. Ihu. OOt . tn. nge that he i, in some placet (e. g. 277. 0', 339. 27-9) actually attired in a seven-colnured . uit. Tha,',all miahty pretty but what about his daughter? , ask the ClIO! ""'. . . . . (3 ' 4. 3? ). n r , fascination by the worldly veil merges with hi. fascination by . . . . , who is be. . . , (327. ~) 'Tina-bat-Talur'- the diminuti"" d;JUghter of the l1ilor.
Kensc can thus . . . . isfy nr. requirements by providing both a physicol ,uit of doth. . and" . wt of marriage with hi. daUj! h! er. Besides her chromatic aura. -I al. o posscueo watery elementl,
whicharebe. . . , incarnate ? ? dew, Latin "" (3 '4. 34). In Judg. . 6 : 37 Gideon addres. . . . God: 'Behold, I will put 1 tkccc of wool in rhe floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt ! laVe brae! by mine: hand, ! l. $ thou hatt . . id. ' The miracle accompli. bed, G~eon ask. for a <ever1ed cffecr, 'And God did to that niab" for it waS dry upon ,he tkccc only, and there wu dew on all the
ground. '
Severa! parodi. . on this appear. 313. 35-6 has 'leaden be light,
'/i>wh',Jo. ,_ SlOol;,. . t. . '-i.
