difference

Japanese: difference
difference

...When something exists as or is identified as something, it is said to have identity. Identity, therefore, is opposed, on the one hand, to difference or difference, which means that something is not different from something else, and, on the other hand, to change, which means that something does not become different from something else. Here, the two opposing concepts of identity-difference and identity (constancy)-change are of such a kind that it is difficult to define one without the other.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "difference" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…あるものがあるものとして存立しあるいは同定identifyされるとき,そのものは同一性をもつという。同一性は,したがって,一面,あるものがあるものと異なったものでないことをいうものとして,差異differenceないし差異性と対立し,他面,あるものがあるものと異なったものになることがないことをいうものとして,変化と対立する。ここで,同一性―差異,同一性(恒常性)―変化という2組の対立概念は,いずれも,一方を欠いては他方の規定が困難になるような種類のものである。…

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