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The Object (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a thing whereby any scientific attempt to step back and examine it severs it from its living context.

The Object (n.) , ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠under technology, sees its former objectiveness transformed into the mere orderability of standing reserves. That is, a modern airliner is, for example, no longer an object at all, but just a flexible and efficient cog in the transportation system.

The Object (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a term used to describe an inferior perspective on ‘things’ whereby they are reduced to a shallow character of themselves through theoretical or technological understanding.

An Object (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a mass of physical atoms, quarks, or subatomic strings. Before all this, a jug for example, is something that gives and pours: in this way, the jug can also be called a gift.

Object (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a negative term, used to describe entities only in their presence-at-hand. But “thing” is a positive term referring to entities in their proper reality.