Formlessness

Definitions

The quality of being formless.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The way by light⟳ and shade is, on the contrary, taken by men of the highest powers of though, and most earnest desire for truth ; they long for light⟳, and for knowledge of all tthat light⟳ can show⟳. But seeking for light⟳, they perceive also darkness ; seeking for truth and substance, they find⟳ vanity. They look⟳ for form⟳ in the earth.—for dawn in the sky ; and seeking these, they find⟳ formlessness in the earth, and night in the sky.”

“There also in it, as used both by poets and philosophers, a similar idea of formlessness, but with more of a metaphysical reference to inward law or organization than to mere outward shape⟳.”

“But in truth neither is either, and both must be avoided. In sum, with the Sack, its formlessness is dangerous; with the Designer, its extremity is.”

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