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Being is temporary, even if it appears to be continuous: it’s continuous in the sense that, once it’s over, another…
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thirdity: “Being is temporary, even if it appears to be continuous: it’s continuous in the sense that, once it’s over, another being immediately follows. It would be more accurate to say: it follows mediately, not immediately: even between the number . . .

thirdity:

“Being is temporary, even if it appears to be continuous: it’s continuous in the sense that, once it’s over, another being immediately follows. It would be more accurate to say: it follows mediately, not immediately: even between the number one and the number one, there is, as one can sense, a one.”

— Clarice Lispector, Too Much of Life

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