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An Origin (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠always formulated against a background of the already begun upon which man is able to reflect on what may serve for him as origin.

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An Origin (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠always not-yet, always fresh, always promised in an imminence which is always nearer yet never accomplished. It is 'what thought has yet to think'.

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Origin (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠by no means, the beginning, but it is the way man articulates himself upon the already-begun of labor, life, and language. It must be sought for in that fold where man in all simplicity applies his labour to a world that has been worked for thousands of years.

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The Origin (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠made possible and made a necessity which is both internal and foreign to historicity in its very fabric.

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The Origin (n.) always ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠precedes the fall.

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The Origin (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not give rise to historicity but rather as that for which historicity, in its very fabric, makes possible as a necessity which must be both internal and foreign to it.

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The Origin (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠closest to man -as ageless as himself but for different reasons not because they are equally young, but because they belong to a time that has neither the same standards of measurement nor the same foundations as him.