▁resistance ▁to ▁r het or ic ▁that ▁only ▁ad ▁inf init um ▁would ▁come ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁asympt otic ▁line ▁( “ rett a ,” ▁both ▁‘ line ▁and ▁‘ r igh te ous ,’ ‘ correct ’ ) ▁of ▁Justice , ▁absolute ▁persu asion ▁and ▁self - pos session . ▁In ▁this ▁context , ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁persu asion ▁is ▁an ▁infinite ▁path ▁‘ through ’ ▁and ▁‘ in ’ ▁error , ▁and ▁moving ▁in ▁the ▁right ▁direction ▁implies ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁one ’ s ▁own ▁in ade qu acy ▁and ▁a ▁consistent ▁self - ref lex ive ▁neg ation ▁of ▁any ▁r het or ically ▁aff ir med ▁value ▁ ▁" By ▁making ▁his ▁life ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁ ▁rich ▁in ▁neg ations , ▁creating ▁the ▁world ▁for ▁himself " ▁( La ▁Pers u as ione ▁ 4 5 ) ▁and , ▁on ▁the ▁other , ▁" ▁since ▁he ▁has ▁the ▁hon esty ▁to ▁always ▁feel ▁ins u fficient ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁infinite ▁pot est as , ▁he ▁becomes ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁sufficient ▁to ▁things , ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁deeply ▁enough ▁to ▁the ▁et ernal ▁def ic iency ▁of ▁things . ▁In ▁him , ▁almost ▁in ▁an ▁individual ▁nucle us , ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁large ▁determin ations ▁are ▁organized . ▁[...] ▁Therefore ▁in ▁his ▁presence , ▁in ▁his ▁acts , ▁in ▁his ▁words ▁he ▁reve als ▁himself , ▁he ▁" en uc lea ," ▁a ▁life ▁that ▁trans c ends ▁the ▁my op ia ▁of ▁men ▁becomes ▁near ,