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Identity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠absolutely negativity because the notion has its complete external objectivity in nature.

Identity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠difference which pulsates within itself but does not move, inwardly vibrates, yet is at rest. It is self-identical for the differences are tautological... they are differences that are none.

Identity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠suggestive not of independence from other things, but as 'necessarily connected with' other things with some measure of independence.

Identity (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠(in terms of A=A), obscuring insofar as it speaks of the sameness of each being with itself, indeed, in the sense of an empty oneness, devoid of any relation, rather than of a mediation holding sway in the unity.

Identity (n.) understood ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as excluding distinction is the point that separates all bad philosophy from what alone deserves the name.