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Quotes from The Essence of Manifestation — Michel Henry

1922–2002 France

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Affectivity has ever accomplished its work when the world rises.

The Essence of Manifestation (1963)

That which is felt without the intermediary of any sense whatsoever is in its essence affectivity.

The Essence of Manifestation (1963)

Suffering makes up the tissue of the existence, it is the place where the life becomes living, the reality and the phenomenological effectivity of this gradual change.

The Essence of Manifestation (1963)

But joy has nothing about which it may be joyful. Far to come after the coming of being and to marvel in front of it, joy is consubstantial with being, joy founds it and forms it.

The Essence of Manifestation (1963)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Michel Henry (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.