DEFINITION. Pataphysics is the science of imaginary solutions, which symbolically attributes the properties of objects, described by their virtuality, to their lineaments. – Alfred Jarry, Exploits and Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician, translated by Simon Watson Taylor
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Pataphysics Defined
Posted in Commonplace Book, tagged Alfred Jarry, Pataphysics, science on 2011-02-14 | Leave a Comment »
8 September
Posted in Pretentious Claptrap, tagged Alfred Jarry, birthdays, Virgin Mary on 2009-09-08 | 3 Comments »
Happy birthday to Alfred Jarry (8 September 1873-1 November 1907), creator of Père Ubu and ‘Pataphysique, and to the Blessed Virgin Mary (birth traditionally celebrated by Roman Catholics on 8 September).
Simplicity
Posted in Commonplace Book, tagged Alfred Jarry, complexity, Pataphysique on 2009-03-10 | Leave a Comment »
La simplicité n’a pas besoin d’être simple, mais du complexe resserré et synthétisé. – Alfred Jarry. «Linteau» 11 août 1894
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