ambiguous negation

encres, stylo et aquarelle sur papier et papier découpé

23×31cm

michael lilin 2016

“Teach me to plead,” said a young rhetorician to a sophist, “and I will pay you when I gain a cause.” The master sued for payment at once, and the scholar pleaded, “If I gain my cause you must pay me, and if I lose it I am not bound to pay you by the terms of our contract.” The master pleaded, “If you gain you must pay me by the terms of the agreement, and if you lose the court will compel you to pay me.”

 

(je voulais le morceau Are you positive you’re negative ? mais il semble introuvable. Tant pis, un autre.)