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is falling out of love is such that the heart changes, but so gradually that, even if we are able to distinguish, successively, each of its different states, we are still spared the actual sensation of change.

The heart changes...but we learn of it only from reading or by imagination... for in reality its alteration, like that of certain natural phenomena, is so gradual that, even if we are able to distinguish, successively, each of its different states, we are still spared the actual sensation of change.

To fall is no shame, but to remain fallen is.

is not what injures; it's the sudden stop.

It's not the fall that injures; it's the sudden stop.

is a tendency to get absorbed in the entities that we encounter in the present world. It is typical of everydayness.

Falling (Stambaugh: "entanglement", "falling prey"). This is a tendency to get absorbed in the entities that we encounter in the present world. It is typical of everydayness. Falling is the usual way in which thrownness gets manifested.

is the movement or direction of everyday Being-in-the-world. Everyday Dasein exists as a they-self, and is wrapped up in what it is doing, which it understands in a superficial and conventional manner.

Falling is the movement or direction of everyday Being-in-the-world. Everyday Dasein exists as a they-self, and is wrapped up in what it is doing, which it understands in a superficial and conventional manner.

is necessarily our normal, everyday mode of existing. But not all moments are normal and everyday.

Falling is necessarily our normal, everyday mode of existing. But not all moments are normal and everyday.

is necessary for our routine functioning, but we tend to indulge in falling even when we have an opportunity for a non-routine, profound, but disconcerting experience.

In this sense, falling is tempting (221/177). Not only is falling necessary for our routine functioning, but we tend to indulge in falling even when we have an opportunity for a non-routine, profound, but disconcerting experience.

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