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Difference and Repetition

Authors: Gilles Deleuze

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Key Ideas

1. Difference as the ground of repetition: Deleuze argues that difference is not derived from identity but is the ground and condition for repetition.

2. The virtual and actual: Deleuze distinguishes between the virtual and the actual, where the virtual is the realm of difference and the actual is the realm of repetition.

3. Intensive and extensive multiplicities: Deleuze introduces the concepts of intensive and extensive multiplicities, where extensive multiplicities are based on repetition and extension, while intensive multiplicities are based on difference and contraction.

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Quiz

1. According to Deleuze, what is the ground of repetition?
2. What are the two realms distinguished by Deleuze?
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