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The Animal (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠man in a stage of arrested development.

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The Animal (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠something invented by plants to move seeds around.

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The Animal's (n.) life ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is but misery and slavery.

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The Animal (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠food. Many people's favorite animal is steak.

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Being-in-the-world (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a recognition that the opposition of inner and outer world is nonsense. We do not face a lot of neutral data, some purely objective ‘outside’, from which we then build a world. By the same token, we cannot withdraw ourselves into some purely ‘inside’ realm of detached consciousness from which we might look out at our involvements from a distance.

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Being-in-the-world (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠never primarily the objective, decontextualized theoretical gaze of the philosophical tradition. Our understanding always arises out of a specific situation, and always brings with it some attunement or other.

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Being-in-the-world (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to be sure, an a priori and necessary constitution of Dasein but is by no means sufficient to determine fully its being.

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Being-in-the-world (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a recognition that if our connections to other beings were cut, we would not end up inside our mind - we would end up without a mind at all.

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A Creator (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the most powerful man and must be the most evil, since he carries his ideal against the ideals of others and remakes them in his image — evil meaning hard, painful, enforced.

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A Creator (n.) who ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠wants to be the newborn child must also want to be the mother and the pain of giving birth.

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A Creator (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠himself a god out of his seven devils.

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A Creator (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the one the good and the just hate most: the breaker of their tablets, the lawbreaker.

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A Deficient mode of being (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠when, feeling boredom or anxiety, we are not at home in the world, and there is even a sense in which "the 'not-at-home' is the more primordial phenomenon.