The present reveals being yet is itself pure nothingness alongside it.

Evidence

Does this cluster of concepts refer to aspects of the same thing? (Incidentally, I nearly said when David had finished his wonderful paper that we can go home now, because we now know all we ever need to know about the thought of Stuart Hall!) David said that the question I am addressing is what he called the “contingency of the present.” Now, actually, I would not quite put it that way myself, although I understand perfectly well why he did. … The question of the contingency of the history of the present is critically important because this is what I want to say about the present—that it is the product of “many determinations” but that it remains an open horizon, fundamentally unresolved, and in that sense open to “the play of contingency.” — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 1196 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Nothing separates past and present consciousness, yet that nothing is impassable; The present as pure being is an infinitesimal instant that reduces to nothingness; The present is overdetermined yet fundamentally open to contingency — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 1196

Broader Connections

• The present is overdetermined yet fundamentally open to contingency #exemplifies (0.80) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 1196