*Contents* 01:10 FACT VS. ESSENCE 02:19 Fact vs. essence as a presupposed dualism 06:42 Kosmotheoros 09:41 The visible present 16:10 The “I” 23:50 The thing 27:27 The flesh of the world 28:55 The thing’s essence is its facticity 37:38 The indecisive milieu 41:24 KNOWING BEING, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND SPEECH 41:33 Knowing Being 47:22 Consciousness 54:05 Speech 58:13 Speech as an (invisible) extension of the (visible) body 59:38 Summary