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True loss is just as impossible as true gain in this world of appearance. Only the will exists: it, the thing in itself, is the source of all those appearances. It’s self-knowledge and its consequent decision to affirm or negate is the only event in itself.

What is it that always is, and has no becoming; and what is it that becomes and passes away but never truly is?