If man did not exist as a world-spanning receptive realm of perception, if he were not engaged in this capacity, nothing at all could exist. 'Being,' in its traditional usage, means 'presence' and 'persistence.' To achieve presence, and thereby being, an entity requires some sort of open realm in which presence and persistence can take place. Thus an open realm of perception like that of human existence is the one being that makes being possible.

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This quote highlights the importance of human perception and existence in the existence of everything else. It suggests that without human beings as receptive observers, there would be no concept of "being" or existence. The quote suggests that for an entity to truly "be," there needs to be a realm or space that can facilitate its presence and persistence. Human existence, with its open realm of perception, is viewed as the necessary component that allows for the possibility of existence in general.

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