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fact of presence and keep explanations from extinguishing wonder. When explained, “Being is not acknowledged as Being. Such ‘acknowledging’ means allowing Being to reign in all its questionableness... But that means to reflect on [3] the origin of presencing” (Heidegger, N 4:201, bracketed comment added). Since the series of epochs cannot be organized and placed into the service of a transcendent goal, they can only be viewed as “the ever playful jointure of never resting transformation” (Heidegger, Pm 320). We can see premonitions of Derrida here.