d.
And one cannot decide which is more
marginal
without examining both sides of the
issue, as everything is relative, and thus
based on perspective.
e.
X argues that we must
maintain
our
access to various possibilities in life through
openness to alternate perspective.

f. Whether or not to deem an alternate
perspective relevant, we can’t decide before
we at least recognize the possibilities of the
new perspective.
3)
a.
X furthers this analysis the relativity that
defines “less purposeful” activities
in his
discussion of margin.
b.
X writes that marginal activities are
inseparable from non-marginal activities.
c.
He explains, “
and if the modern version of
the
margin
is somewhere in western
Nebraska, and the
un-margin
, the coveted
red-hot center, is a site like Rodeo drive, I

wouldn’t know which to choose. We need
both
.”
d.
The margin and the un-margin are
mutually inclusive, although the margin is, in
most opinions, higher esteemed.
e.
He goes on to say that, “
A book without
margin is impossible to read
.”
f. X is implying that one cannot have text, which
is thought to make up a book, unless one has
margins, which make up the less-celebrated,
but undeniable, remaining parts of a book.
To
have the wanted in our lives, we need the
unwanted.
4)

a.
X parallels this exact philosophy in the
construction
of “A Lovely sort of Purpose”. He
establish that, to have the abstract, we need
the simple.


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