Quote by Jane Bennett

A life thus names a restless activeness, a destructive-creative force-presence that does not coincide fully with any specific body. A life tear the fabric of the actual without ever coming fully 'out' in a person, place, or thing. A life points to ... 'matter in variation that enters assemblages and leaves them. A life is a vitality proper not to any individual but to 'pure immanence,' or that protean swarm that is not actual though it is real: 'A life contains only virtuals. It is made of virtualities.

A life thus names a restless activeness, a destructive-creat

Summary

This quote, by philosopher Gilles Deleuze, suggests that a "life" is not synonymous with an individual or a specific embodiment, but rather a dynamic and transformative force that is ever-present. It describes this force as something that disrupts the status quo, but doesn't fully manifest in any particular entity. Rather, it operates as a virtual potentiality that can influence and inhabit various assemblages. A "life" refers to the vitality and constant flux that exists beyond the actual, ultimately being a collection of possibilities rather than fixed realities.

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