Sentence:  That is how human affectivity places us ever before us in this <WSD>discrimen</WSD>. The world then addresses us — affectively, in feelings, and at the same time in senses, impressions — in connection with this differentiation. Yet in the case of the animal and the child we also have to do with a world given in perception though there is no such <WSD>discrimen</WSD> present. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A distinction, particularity, or distinguishing feature.