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“I do not portray being,” he wrote, “I portray passing. Not the passing from one age to another … but from day to day, from minute to minute.” quote by Sarah Bakewell — Download Open image

““I do not portray being,” he wrote, “I portray passing. Not the passing from one age to another … but from day to day, from minute to minute.””

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“He distinguishes between the German word Seiende, which can refer to any individual entity, such as a mouse or a church door, and Sein, which means the Being that such particular beings have. (In English, one way of signalling the distinction is by using the capital ‘B’ for the latter.) He calls it the ‘ontological difference’ — from ‘ontology’, the…

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“Instead, this cup of coffee is a rich aroma, at once earthy and perfumed; it is the lazy movement of a curlicue of steam rising from its surface. As I lift it to my lips, it is a placidly shifting liquid and a weight in my hand inside its thick-rimmed cup. It is an approaching warmth, then an intense dark…

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“Be free from vanity and pride. Be free from belief, disbelief, convictions, and parties. Be free from habit. Be free from ambition and greed.…

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“If you fail to grasp life, it will elude you. If you do grasp it, it will elude you anyway.”

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