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An Object (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an object only insofar as it can be moved away from me. Its presence is such that it entails a possible absence.

An Object (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not an ideal unity in the possession ofthe intellect, like a geometrical notion for example... it is rather a totality open to a horizon of indefinite number of perspectival views which blend with one another according to a given style.

Object (n.) holds ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠together by foreshadowing an order about to spring on us — an answer to questions the landscape only hinted at as a vague unease.

An Object (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an organism of colours, smells, sounds and textures that answer and modify one another by a logic of their own, which science is far from having worked out.

The Object (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the mirror of all the others: I see the back of my lamp as the face it shows to the chimney and the walls.

An Object (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an object only because it can move away from me and vanish from sight: its presence always carries a possible absence.