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Ground (n.) metamorphoses ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what it grounds — the grounded cannot remain what it was before it passed the test.

Ground (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the plane of immanence buried in the depths of Nature instead of left to play on the surface — and then it can only be a principle of analogy.

Ground (n.) always ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠has the same ambiguity: it represents itself in the circle it imposes on what it grounds, returning as one element in the circuit it was supposed to found.

Ground (n.) always ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠bends, curves and recurves: it puts difference on a circle and hands out lots — in Plato the wheel of cycle and metempsychosis is a grounding lottery.

The Ground (n.) rises ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠with the individual yet takes on no form or figure: it is there, staring at us, but without eyes — hugging determination as the ground does the shoe.

Ground (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠one shortcoming: it stays relative to what it grounds, borrows its traits and is proved by them — so it introduces movement into the soul rather than time into thought.

Ground (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like the father in a triad — the Imparticipable, the Participated, the Participants: the father, the daughter and the suitor.

Ground (n.) grounds ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only the claims of those who come after — who but Courage is courageous? — and the prize claimed is difference, the fiancée: to have the daughter, one must resemble the father.