Advent (n.) is contrasted with 'event', 'advent' is not a datable occurrence, and contrasted with 'structure' it does not leave time behind. It institutes itself as a style. It 'detaches' itself from spatial temporal location by opening a horizon as a promise of events to come.
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The Advent (n.) continues to preside over a certain space and time.
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The Advent (n.) opens possibilities, even ones it does not itself realize.
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The Advent (n.) is unlike the essence, not subject to identical repetition.
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The Advent (n.) is unlike the event, not absolutely singular. It is historical, but it overflows its singularity.
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