Difference between revisions of "As we there are"

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* '''Dasein:''' (''German'') being, existence, especially in the metaphysical sense → this term was used in this technical sense by a number of German philosophers, most notably Ludwig Feuerbach and Martin Heidegger (''Sein und Zeit'', "Being and Time", 1927) → see [[Tea tea oo oo]]
 
* '''Dasein:''' (''German'') being, existence, especially in the metaphysical sense → this term was used in this technical sense by a number of German philosophers, most notably Ludwig Feuerbach and Martin Heidegger (''Sein und Zeit'', "Being and Time", 1927) → see [[Tea tea oo oo]]
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* '''As ... oo:''' this opening paragraph begins with '''A''' (alpha) and ends with a long '''O''' (omega), the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet → are we being told that in this chapter we are gong to trace the evolution of the world from beginning to end, from creation to annihilation?

Revision as of 08:07, 19 April 2011

  • da wir da sind: (German) as we exist, since we exist → the German transliterates into English as as we there are
  • Dasein: (German) being, existence, especially in the metaphysical sense → this term was used in this technical sense by a number of German philosophers, most notably Ludwig Feuerbach and Martin Heidegger (Sein und Zeit, "Being and Time", 1927) → see Tea tea oo oo
  • As ... oo: this opening paragraph begins with A (alpha) and ends with a long O (omega), the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet → are we being told that in this chapter we are gong to trace the evolution of the world from beginning to end, from creation to annihilation?