illeity, n.Definitions

Illeity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the way the Infinite detaches itself within the very relationship that attaches us to it.

Illeity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a 'less than being' but the whole enormity and infinity of the absolutely other, which has already withdrawn from every relation — the beyond in the third person, 'He'.

Illeity (n.) names ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Infinite as He — absolute difference from everything that can be shown, symbolized or recalled, and so made contemporary with the finite.

Illeity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the way of signifying under the word He — neither unveiled nor veiled, foreign to the hide-and-seek of cognition; the enigma comes from it.

Illeity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the excluded third party beyond being and non-being — perhaps what the word God means: an authority that orders my neighbour for me as a face.

Illeity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the reversal by which the supremely desirable escapes desire and refers it to the nondesirable nearness of the neighbor — a He at the base of the Thou.

Illeity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a way of concerning me without entering into conjunction with me — a coming toward me that is a departure, leaving me to move toward a neighbor.