Note 299

This statement is not with certainty reversible, because in a free -- but only a one in this very state -- electron one cannot deny particularity, and deny individuality only then when one takes into consideration its moreover still accidental short lifespan. A subcriterion of individuality, namely the possibility of discrimination, may be formally satisfied by free electrons, for they can have different motion, different polarization, etc. [And yet, a free electron is not a whole in the above defined sense.]

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