Adverb
always already
(philosophy) (Of the features of phenomena:) Preceding perception; having continued without an identifiable beginning.
Everyone is the other, and no one is himself. The they, which supplies the answer to the who of everyday Da-sein, is the nobody to whom every Da-sein has always already surrendered itself, in its being-among-one-another. Martin Heidegger
Language always pre-exists us: it is always already 'in place', waiting to assign us our places within it. Terry Eagleton
If the immutable character of sex is contested, perhaps this construct called ‘sex' is as culturally constructed as gender; indeed, perhaps it was always already gender, with the consequence that the distinction between sex and gender turns out to be no distinction at all. Judith Butler
The very definition of the real becomes: that of which it is possible to give an equivalent reproduction. The real is not only what can be reproduced, but that which is always already reproduced. The hyper real. Jean Baudrillard
Nobody can overthrow the fascist dictator by being nicer than him. The reason for this is: by definition everybody is always already nicer than the fascist dictator. Adam Roberts
He [Deleuze] said of Spinoza that he was the Christ of philosophy. To do Deleuze full justice, let us say that, of this Christ and his inflexible announcement of salvation by the All - a salvation that promises nothing, a salvation that is always already there - he was truly a most eminent apostle. Baruch Spinoza