Yesterday I completed, at last, a rough draft of a complete, book-length metaphysic (a total philosophy), and entrusted copies to a few people. My sister commented: "I almost printed it out but saw just in time that it's rather long ..." Now comes the task of turning a rough draft into a draft (but rough is not actually that rough). OBSERVATION: For any metaphysic to work, one has to come up with a new principle which breaks through the interminable habit of philosophers to put down other philosophers, and to contradict them. This is the opening theme of the book. The philosopher Jacques Derrida called that a "return to origins". I note: "It is vital that a new metaphysic should begin with a good grasp of the causes of our past confusion, or it seems unlikely that we shall escape them."
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