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Note to players: Either an original-language term or its common English translation is acceptable.According to one essay, this concept affects Los as he “comes crashing down in our Creation-Fall” and “stems from a ’Pataphysical sense of the arbitrary.” This concept was called parenklisis in the “Letter to Herodotus.” The “strong poet” can say “I lie here in a Hell improved by my own making” per a chapter titled for this concept, which contrasts the Sphinx with Blake’s “Covering Cherub.” This concept (15[1])illustrates (*) “poetic misprision” (-5[1])in the first “Revisionary (10[1])Ratio” of (-5[1])Harold Bloom’s The Anxiety of Influence. This concept titles a book about Poggio (10[1])Bracciolini’s (10[1])rediscovery of De rerum natura by (10[1])Stephen Greenblatt. (10[2])For 10 points, Lucretius introduced what concept to Epicurean atomism by positing (10[1])unpredictable deviations from an atom’s typical fall? (10[1]) ■END■

ANSWER: clinamen [or the clinamen atomorum, swerve, or declination; accept parenklisis until read; accept The Swerve; prompt on poetic misprision until read by asking “what other concept is mentioned in the title of that essay?”]
<Arya Karthik, Other Academic>
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%11%22%106.22

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt BollingerTeam Name Think Detailremembrance of lost time8015
Rob CarsonBHSUThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)83-5
Aseem KeyalThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too8710
Ethan Ashbrook[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness89-5
Matt JacksonThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubThe Canadians10210
Vedul PalavajjhalaI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill10310
Ned TagtmeierIn Search of Things PastSaint Peter Andre 300010910
Charles HangHang et al., Robert BrowningEvans Hall destruction awaiters11110
Richard YuI would prefer not toQuasicrystal Silence11110
Chris RayTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?12310
Rahul KeyalThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)BHSU13010