September 25, 2004

• Writings for
  Yom Kippur

  by Borges and God:

  Thirsty for knowing what God knows,
  Juda Loew devoted himself to permutations
  of letters and complex variations

  New York State Lottery,
  evening, Sept. 24, 2004:  185

  and finally said the Name which is the Key…

  New York State Lottery,
  midday, Sept. 25, 2004:   673.

  On 185:

  See Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations (PI), section 185, on the nature of rules.

  On 673:

  See the following works:

  

  Moral of these writings, thanks to Gregory Chaitin:

  “Mais quand une regle est fort composée, ce qui luy est conforme, passe pour irrégulier.”

  [But when a rule is extremely complex, that which conforms to it passes for random.]

  — Leibniz, Discours de métaphysique, VI, 1686

  See also the previous entry, High Holy Hexagram, and Pi continued.

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