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The Ontological difference (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠at the heart of human existence as we question the beings of beings, transcending the domain of knowledge, even though we rarely question being, per se.

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The Ontological difference's (n.) recognition ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠allows us to avoid the pitfall of raising one particular being to the status of being itself — the constant shadowy interplay between concealed being and any particular beings that emerge.

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The Ontological difference (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠dangerous in that when being is objectified, what always happens is that some specific being is identified with being itself.

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The Ontological difference (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the difference between being and beings.

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The Ontological difference (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠concerned with how beings in the plural already contain being in the singular as their deeper ground.

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The Ontological difference (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the crucial distinction between Being and beings (entities).

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The Ontological difference's (n.) origin ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is to be found in time. The distinction is so crucial to us that ‘existence’ means, as it were, 'to be in the performance of this distinction.