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Dwelling (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a way to capture the non-spatial manner in which Dasein is in the world, for to dwell in a house is not merely to be inside it spatially.

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Dwelling (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not primarily cognitive; it is not built up out of observations, beliefs or knowledge. Rather, knowing is a specialized manifestation of Being-in-the-world that depends on a more basic, non-cognitive dwelling.

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Dwelling (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the basic feature of being, in keeping with which the mortals exist.

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Dwelling (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠being at peace with the free sphere that safeguards each thing in its way of essentially unfolding, as a gathering of earth and sky, divinities and mortals.

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Dwelling (n.) comes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠before building: we do not dwell because we have built; we build because we dwell.