Re: Introduction to Heidegger- Dasein

Beste Jan,

> is the meaning/use of your word "Being" here the same
> as Michael's "Seyn" ?

"Potentiality for Being" is M&R's translation of 
"Seinkoennen". It is certainly not the "Seyn" of 
Heidegger's "Beitraege". 
 
>      the most difficult for me in this whole exchange, on the
>      topic of Dasein, is to understand words [concepts] like:
>      "Dasein, dasein, Being, Beying, being, beings, etc." as
>      used by the various contributers; maybe what we need
>      is some SHLV (Standard Heidegger List Vocabulary)

This rests on the presupposition that Heidegger 
himself is consistent. And also on the 
presupposition that all contributors read the 
same Heidegger (or Heidegger in the same way).   

>Dasein is free for its death.

     "What is the greatest miracle ? The greatest miracle is
     that we, although always surrounded by death and decay,
     live as if we are immortal." [Mahabharata]

Homer writes most poignantly about the almost
godlike status of the living who enter the 
realms of the dead. 

Met vriendelijke groet,
Henk



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