Contradiction does not represent a decisive separation

Two opposites, beacuse they are simply opposed, are still too close to one another – contradiction does not represent a decisive separation: two enemies are already bound in a relation of unity, while the difference between the "unknown" and the familiar is infinite. Therefore, in the dialectical form, the moment of synthesis and reconciliation always ends by predominating.

Maurice Blanchot, The Infinite Conversation (University of Minnesota Press, 2008) p. 8