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A Haecceity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a composition or an assemblage... it is the wolf itself, and the horse, and the child, that cease to be subjects to become events.

A Haecceity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a degree, or an intensity, or an individual that enters into composition with other degrees, or other intensities to form another individual.

A Haecceity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a mode of individuation very different from that of a person, subject, thing, or substance. A season, a winter, a summer, an hour, a date have a perfect individuality lacking nothing, even though this individuality is different from that of a thing or a subject.

A Haecceity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a type of individuation at odds with subjectivity or substantiality. It is more often found in the orient, in such forms as the haiku.

A Haecceity (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for example, a season, a winter, a summer, an hour, a date... a thing which has perfect individuality, which lacks nothing, although its individuality is not that of a thing or a subject.

Haecceity (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for example, the individuality of a day, a season, or an event.

A Haecceity (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for instance, a cloud of locusts carried by the wind at five in the eventing... a vampire who goes out at night. It is not a backdrop, but the entire assemblage in its individuated aggregate.

A Haecceity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not at all a thing, but only a relation of movement and rest between molecules or particles, a power of affecting and being affected.