The eternal is omniembracing and permeative; and the temporal is linear. This opens up a very high order of generalizations of generalizations. The truth could not be more omni-important, although it is often manifestly operative only as a linear identification of a special-case experience on a specialized subject.

1005.52 - Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking (1975) - "Synergy" onwards