[…], one cannot avoid making decisions (Entscheidungen) according to a criterion that is beyond arbitrariness (Willkür) (both as far as future decisions are concerned and from the point of view of other observers). The structures of divinatory memory serve precisely to deal with this problem. It is about the right decision criteria in the face of an insurmountable Lack of Knowledge.
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ESPOSITO, Elena, 2002. Soziales Vergessen: Formen und Medien des Gedächtnisses der Gesellschaft. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Wissenschaft, 1557. ISBN 978-3-518-29157-3. p. 77 ⇐ r.Vergessen.Esposito
See: Divination, Oracle