presupposition of essence and existence brings the mystery of being into increasingly clear relief. Being, which is one, unveils itself ever anew both as essence and as existence, in order to show in this revelation, likewise ever anew, that it remains veiled and is always more than any of its revelations. Any thought that does not shudder at this abiding mystery of being, at this essentially inexhaustible ocean of being, has not yet understood either itself or its object. Being as a whole is intrinsically
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