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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.

— Michel Henry The Essence of Manifestation (1963)

Mais la joie n'a rien au sujet de quoi elle puisse être joyeuse. Loin de venir après la venue de l'être et de s'émerveiller devant lui, elle lui est consubstantielle, le fonde et le constitue.

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Michel Henry, L'Essence de la manifestation, 1963, t. 2, § 70, p. 831

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