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

— Michel Henry The Essence of Manifestation (1963)

Ce qui se sent sans que ce soit par l'intermédiaire d'un sens est dans son essence affectivité.

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Michel Henry, L'Essence de la manifestation, PUF, 1963, t. 2, § 52, p. 577

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