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Antisemitism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a free and total choice of oneself, a comprehensive attitude that one adopts not only towards Jews but towards men in general, towards history and society... it is at one and the same time a passion and a conception of the world.

Antisemitism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a representative of bad faith, in that the anti-semite believes that there is nothing he has to do to merit his superiority, and neither can he lose it. It is given once and for all. It is a thing. He attributes to himself a character so complete and totalizing that he 'chooses the permanence and impenetrability of stone'.

Antisemitism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an idea which, in effect, constructs the Jew as a stereotype and then poisons him by making him live in fear that his act will correspond to it.

Antisemitism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠at root, fear... fear of everything, in fact, 'except' the Jew. It is a fear of the human condition: Man's of himself, of his own consciousness, of his liberty, of his instincts, of his responsibilities.

Antisemitism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠bad faith in that the anti-semite denies his human agency and instead thinks of himself as naturally, innately good, powerful and pure. His self-identity is predicated on a contrast with the jew, who is naturally, innately vicious, weak and corrupt.

Antisemitism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not caused by external factors. It is a passion and an all-encompassing choice of both oneself and the world.

Antisemitism (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not just a prejudice that arises from mediocrity, but rather, one embraces anti-semitism to be a member of a community of the mediocre.

Being (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an impossible goal which forms a self-estrangement that is part of the human condition (whereas for heidegger being is a constantly receding origin from which we are estranged).

Being (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠and non-being is not because being is logically prior to non-being and non-being exist only as a negation of being, as a borrowed being.

Being (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠and non-being is not.

Being (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠fundamental and does not depend on anything else for its being, whereas non-being, the negation of being, is entirely dependent on being for its borrowed existence.

Being (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that which man, as he is born into a material universe that precedes him, is inserted into.