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A philosopher theorized that this concept was the Other-power to which a person must surrender their self-power through the process of meta-noesis. Inspired by Plato’s concept of khôra, a philosopher theorized this concept as the final basho. A form of this concept was first articulated in the essay From That Which Acts to That Which Sees. This is the second concept in the title of a book that describes a Peeping Tom suddenly realizing he is being looked at. The (*) Kyoto School theorized the “absolute” form of this concept, a Western version of which Keiji Nishitani contrasted with eastern sunyata. This is the second title concept of a book that uses the example of a cafe waiter to explain (-5[1])the concept of “bad faith.” (10[1])For 10 points, the title of a Jean-Paul Sartre book (-5[1])pairs what concept with Being? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: nothingness [or absolute nothingness; or zettai-mu; or negation; accept Religion and Nothingness; or Being and Nothingness]
<Emmett Laurie, Philosophy>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Katherine LeiMITTufts118-5
Eli IssoksonBrandeisBoston College12310
Jason HongBrownHarvard133-5
Joy AnHarvardBrown13810

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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y367%0%67%130.50
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%14%14%103.86