ABSTRACT
The previous chapter showed that reductionism and false consciousness threaten our attempts to recognise the past. A particular case of this is our retrieval of the identity of ancient sense. Prior to embarking on interpretation of how this relates to our grasp of matters that form the body of this chapter, it is important to retrace, reformulate and challenge a familiar, now largely eclipsed, version of an important issue. As with eclipses, we would do well not to expect the dark to be a persistent state.
