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Man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not 'in' the world as one object among others, rather, he is that through which the world first comes to be disclosed as world.

Man (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as dasein, the wandering abandonment into the open, whose openness and lighting is the world.

Man (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in contrast to animals, alone able to perceive. Animals cannot be said to perceive because they cannot relate to beings as such or to beings as a whole, they cannot see 'something as something'.

Man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not an animal with something added: Animals have behavior (benehmen), not conduct or comportment. That is, they are dazed, captivated (benommen) by objects around them and cannot perceive, which is to say, to take 'something as something'.

Man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not just another animal, he is made what he is not by his intrinsic features but by his relation to being and truth.

Man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a moving target, and what he is at a given time also depends on our questions and answers. We ask 'who are we'' But there is again no answer independent of our answers, even if they are given only in our actions.

Man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠traditionally body, soul, and spirit, each assigned to different sciences. The body is assigned to biology... the soul to psychology... the spirit to psychology or logic.

Man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠traditionally seen as involving body (leib), soul (i.e. The animating principle and lower appetitive and emotional life) and spirit (i.e. Our 'reason' or our capacity for 'I-saying').

Man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not firstly a separate subject, observing or knowing or perceiving. He is, from the beginning, in amongst it all.