Question

You have explained more than once that there is value in formulating a definition for an intuition, among other things because it may expose mistakes or subtleties that were hidden in an initial intuitive glance. I wonder about this: does the clarification that emerges from such a definition merely reveal my intuition more clearly, like a spotlight illuminating dark corners, or does the definition have the power to change the intuition itself? If the second process really takes place — that the definition affects not only the way the intuition is perceived but actually changes it — how is that possible? How can a conceptual structure that was born out of that same initial intuition bring about, in consciousness, a process that expands or corrects itself? Isn’t there a kind of magic circle here? Or perhaps this is not a correction at all, but the formation of new intuitions or the abandonment of existing ones through the definition; and if so, what is the character of these intuitions, and how do they grow out of conceptual language?
There is something here that is a bit vague to me, almost enigmatic. As though there is an unexplained gap between the point of departure and the destination, between the formulation and the inner effect it produces. I would be glad if you could shed light on the key point in this process — what exactly is operating here, and how.