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Universality (n.) lives ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in what a thing does, not in what it is: two beings are the same kind when they share an action.

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Universality (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠something the individual earns by acting, not something his circumstances hand him: he is universalized by his activity.

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Universality (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠once carried by one philosopher with a system; the eighteenth century cut it into pieces and gave one piece to each member of a team.

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Universality (n.) went ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to religion when the old magical world split: technics took the figures, small, local, held in the hand, while religion took the ground, the whole that no single object can contain.

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Universality (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠knowledge is earned through individuation: all beings put in the same circumstances are individuated the same way, so their knowing agrees.