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Logic 129

In the Obsistential aspect Originality presents itself as a Quality which is something which is such as it is and is so free from Obsistence as not even to be self-identical or individual.
Two Qualities which are alike as all Qualities are in so far the same Quality.
Obsistence presents itself as a Relation which is a fact concerning a set of objects.
A Relation is either Genuine or Degenerate.
A Degenerate Relation is a fact concerning a set of object which consists merely in a partial aspect of the fact that each of the Relates has its Quality.
It is a Relation of Qualities; such as that A is greater than B.
Its relates may be qualities or objects possessing qualities.
It may be a Similarity which is a more Degenerate form or a Difference which is a less Degenerate form or it may be mixed.
A Genuine Relation is one which is not necessarily involved in its Relates having