as not, n.All

The As not (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a deposition without abdication: it strips every legal and social ownership of its force without founding a new identity, simply by using the conditions one is in.

The As not (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Paul is a way of living in one's condition without being owned by it: having a wife as not having one, weeping as not weeping, buying as not possessing.