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Life is uncreated. Foreign to creation, foreign to the world, every process conferring Life is a process of generation.

— Michel Henry Words of Christ (2002)

La vie est incréée. Étranger à la création, étranger au monde, tout procès conférant la Vie est un procès de génération.

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Michel Henry, Paroles du Christ, éd. du Seuil, 2002, p. 107

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