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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠concerned with a certain anticipation or awaiting, that is, a certain relation to the future. I await something from the future that affects me. It is not something that I am but rather something I have to deal with.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠simply the idea that we are occupied with the world, that we take it seriously.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a threefold structure of death, guilt, and conscience.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a word describing the fact that we only encounter the world of things because they matter in some way to us; only because we are taking a stand of some sort in the world (being fascinated, overjoyed, horrified).

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what the whole of Dasein’s being is defined as.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a threefold temporal structure consisting of being-towards-death (correlating with the future), guilt (enmeshed in the burden of existence that is pre-given), and conscience (which assumes the burden of the past by projecting its own future possibilities).

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠always held in relation to a Being-towards-death, meaning that Dasein has an internal relation to the nothing.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠interpreted in terms of the three temporal dimensions: past (thrownness/disposedness), future (projection/understanding), and present (fallen-ness/fascination).

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the formally existential totality of Dasein's ontological structural whole in terms of thrownness-projection-fallen-ness and disposedness-understanding-fascination.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the formally existential totality of Dasein's ontological structural whole.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nothing but sense-making, intelligibility, taking-as.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠comprised of thrownness, projection, and fallen-ness.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounded in the idea that we depend on other beings, and if our connections to other beings were cut, we would not end up inside our mind - we would end up without a mind at all.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a term referring at one and the same time to managing and looking after things, or to troubles and worries. Even when we are ‘carefree’ or ‘careless’ care about our Being is being manifested.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an implicit criticism of all philosophies of detachment; an assertion that there is no way to avoid being rooted in a past and faced with a future.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the system of meanings and purposes by virtue of which Dasein finds itself enmeshed in a world.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the sin-qua-non of being, for if there is no one to whom entities can make a difference, then Being cannot take place, or be given to anyone.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a purely ontological-existential concept, excluding any ontically meant tendency of being, such as worry or carefreeness.

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Care (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠more basic than any theory or practice, any willing or wishing, any drive or urge. It is a priori, or what is presupposed in the most primordial sense.