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Soul:* see Endnote 1

opposition to the World (polarity) but always associated with it, intertwined, integrated; totality defined by both, not one or the other; the possible, still to be accomplished

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World:

opposition to the Soul (polarity) but always associated with it, intertwined, integrated; totality defined by both, not one or the other; the actual, the accomplished

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waking-consciousness:

the unity & totality of Soul/World, a tension of contraries, the polarity between Soul/World

 

Life:

the becoming; the accomplishing; consciousness of Becoming; possessing direction called the present; the manner or form in which the actualizing of the possible is achieved

 

Present:

actualizing, centre of gravity, centre of meaning of life; the manifestation of becoming in the consciousness of a living man, a Direction

 

Direction:

labelled time; the future is the possible; the past is the actualized

 

Death:

the become (hard set)

Decline of the West, Chapter II: The Meaning of Numbers
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