Re: Introduction to Heidegger- Dasein

Beste Jan,

> >This rests on the presupposition that Heidegger
> >himself is consistent.
> 
> do i sense some doubt here ;-)

Some? If Heidegger had been a doctor juris I would 
have expected him to be consistent. As the man who 
once said _hodos maepote methodos_ (a way never a
method) I expect him to use langauge in a creative 
way. And I do believe Heidegger to be very creative 
- it his his thinking that makes him into a 
re-worder of words (even his own). 

> >And also on the
> >presupposition that all contributors read the
> >same Heidegger (or Heidegger in the same way).
> 
> nomenclatura seems impossible then, that's a relief

In both senses of the word, I hope. It would be a 
relief if it were true (as I claim) that there are
no Names representing orthodoxy in matters of 
interpretation of Heidegger (as once happened in 
Marx's case). 
It would even be more of a relief if it were true 
(as I claim in imitation of Rorty) that Heidegger's 
thinking is not "systematic" but "edifying". It 
would mean that the man undoubtedly had totalitarian 
sympathies but that his thinking went its own way. 
Heidegger is reported to have said once to one of 
his sons: "it" thinks in me.   

> oh, everywhere is found
> ---------------------------------------------
> 
> the Prophet knelt down
> and asked here gently:
>         - how are you now ?
> 
> she turned -
> here pale face toward him
> Mohammed - surrounded by voices
> but inside only loneliness
> 
> ---------------------------------------------

Thanks for this beautiful poem. 
 
Met vriendelijke groet,
Henk



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