Let us say that where the finite player plays to be powerful the infinite player plays with strength…A powerful person is one who brings the past to an outcome, settling all its unresolved issues. A strong person is one who carries the past into the futures, showing that none of its issues is capable of resolution. Power is concerned with what has already happened; strength with what has yet to happen. Power is finite in amount. Strength cannot be measured, because it is an opening and not a closing act… power will always be restricted to a relatively small number of selected persons. Anyone can be strong… though infinite players are strong, they are not powerful and do not attempt to become powerful.
Evil is the termination of infinite play. It is infinite play coming to an end in unheard silence
Evil is not the acquisition of power, but the expression of power. It is the forced recognition of a title- and therein lies the contradiction of evil, for recognition cannot be forced. The Nazis did not compete with the Jews for a title, but demanded recognition of a title without competition. This could be achieved, however, only by silencing the Jews, only by hearing nothing form them. They were to die in silence, along with their culture, without anyone noticing, not even those who managed the institutions and instruments of death.
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