TERM AND TRANSLATION
multiplicity / manifold
multiplicitémultiplicity / manifold
The atlas uses 多样体 to retain the Bergsonian relation to manifold, with 体 marking structured multiplicity; other Chinese variants remain indexed.
Atlas working translation
多样体
- French term
- multiplicité
- English term
- multiplicity / manifold
Variants and search terms
- 多重体Simplified record
- 复多体Simplified record
- 繁复体Simplified record
- 多样性Simplified record
- 多樣體Traditional record
- 多重體Traditional record
- 複多體Traditional record
- 繁複體Traditional record
- multiplicityCommon / non-Chinese record
- manifoldCommon / non-Chinese record
Conceptual boundary
A multiplicity changes in dimension and nature with its relations and divisions, distinguishing it from a collection of individuals or qualities.
Sources and translations
- 01Gilles Deleuze, Le Bergsonisme, PUF, 1966
Primary text for Deleuze’s reconstruction of duration, memory, the virtual, and multiplicity.
- 02Gilles Deleuze, Différence et répétition, PUF, 1968
French primary text.
- 03《柏格森主义》，安靖译，上海人民出版社，2023
Published Mainland translation documenting current Chinese philosophical usage.
- 04“德勒兹词典”中文社区语料
Community index for discovering regional and historical variants.
Open external source ↗ - 05Time-Image Research Atlas terminology policy, v1
Atlas terms govern prose, aliases remain searchable, and original-language forms accompany first use.