#+title: Deleuze Before Guattari | Why Theory
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* Notes
The hosts believe that the primary driving force of [[file:../20200707090558-psychoanalysis.org][psychoanalysis]] is [[file:../20210509131706-drive_theory.org][drive
theory]], which they believe [[file:../20210506162841-deleuze.org][Deleuze]] actively opposes.

[[file:../20201005220024-rene_descartes.org][Descartes]] started the trend that [[file:../20200720200955-philosophy.org][philosophy]] and [[file:../20200721210255-science.org][science]] should be about avoiding
error, though [[file:../20210506162841-deleuze.org][Deleuze]] believed the problem was banality. (?) Deleuze thought
that this manner of thinking limited freedom, e.g. put boundaries on what could
be thought. Even though the [[file:../20210510113237-theory_of_relativity.org][theory of relativity]] may be literally correct,
proposing ideas that contradicted it could be seen as a limitation on freedom[fn:1].

[[file:../20210506162841-deleuze.org][Deleuze]] is working against [[file:../20200720100117-hegel.org][Hegel]], who didn't necessarily believe in /error-free/
thinking.

[[file:../20210506162841-deleuze.org][Deleuze]] wants a "beyond without contradiction."

[[file:../20200723210039-spinoza.org][Spinoza]] believed that God's prohibitions were prohibitions of things that are
bad for us, so there's no evil, just bad.
* Footnotes
[fn:1] A potential problem with this line of thinking is the actual, real world
  problems that /free thought/ in this case has. One example would be with
  [[file:../20201202215710-covid_19.org][COVID-19]] denialism and vaccine skepticism.