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The Forgottenness of Being

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Philosophy, it has been said, takes rise from attentiveness to the mystery of totality as such. This is at least verified in the case of Heidegger’s philosophy, and it explains perhaps why he at first confused his probing of the Being- question with a formally metaphysical inquiry.

“Wo immer und wie weit auch alle Forschung das Seiende absucht, nirgends findet sie das Sein. Sie trifft immer nur das Seiende, weil sie zum voraus in der Absicht ihres Erklärens beim Seienden beharrt. Das Sein jedoch ist keine seiende Beschaffenheit an Seiendem. Das Sein lässt sich nicht gleich dem Seienden gegenständlich vorund herstellen. Dies schlechthin Andere zu allem Seienden ist das Nicht-Seiende. Aber dieses Nichts west als das Sein.”

M. Heidegger, Was ist Metaphysik, p. 45.

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Deely, J.N. (1971). The Forgottenness of Being. In: The Tradition via Heidegger. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3025-0_4

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