Human being (n.) in our tradition finds itself only by first presupposing the not-quite-human — just as free political action is founded by excluding, and including, the slave's idle use of the body.
Human being (n.) is an animal that, by getting bored, woke up to its own captivation — a moth that, while the flame consumes it, notices the flame and itself for the first time.
Human being (n.) is empty, because it is only a suspension of animality.
Human being (n.) is the only creature whose living always puts happiness at stake — a life irredeemably and painfully consigned to happiness.
Human being (n.) mystery is not how a living thing got joined to language but the practical and political mystery of how they come apart.
Human being (n.) has logos to the same extent that it is possessed by it.