Heidegger

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From: “michaelP”
To: “Discussions pertaining to the philosophy of Martin Heidegger”

Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: amadeus absconditus

> Rene:
> > Well i’ll wait here, till you, rational beings, are able to respond.
> >
> > but let it be said that unability to do so, shows. - that is another
side
> > of the name-less: that also denial and stubborn Eigensinn have no
> > place to hide from it. So as long as nobody responds you are all,
> > except Jud maybe, striking yourselves out. I would advise to take that
> > seriously, but you are free (eh!) to do so. Cosi fan tutte!
>
> BobS:
> > rene,
> > In these frantic days of precision slaughtering refugee women and
> > babies, how can any topic else have standing? instead of obsessively
> > playing the desparate suffering of the victims of his gangster gov’t, as
he
> > ought, the pianoplayer is sounding false notes of mozartian whimsy.
>
> Well, precisely sex and music (when they’re good, that is) are the best
> antidotes to your “precision slaughtering refugee women and babies”, etc,
> when no real philosophy is allowed to show itself in the righteous barrage
> of opinions and outrage.

so the pt of art and phil is escape from reality?

>This is a question (that of the relationship
> between philosophical discourse and so-called current events where such
> discourse is not covered by or dominated by mere opinion and journalistic
> reportage but seeks to move beyond such perspectivalisms…) I have raised
a
> number of times, to almost utter silence: I’m not really bothered, but it
> seems to me that vocal list members would prefer to engage and express
their
> banal outrage (etc) rather than embrace the slightest inkling of
> philosophical reflection regarding such (horrendous) events. It’s
Heidegger
> Absconditus, it seems to me.

true, heid did try to purge reality, mitsein, from his thinking. you find
that a thing to emulate?

>
> One could do a lot worse than reflect on the nature of some of the terms
> being bandied about (without thought), e.g., stealing land, victim, racism
&
> race, indigenous people, slaughter, war, etc, rather than continue in
> thoughtless position-swapping.

i agree philosophy has to find its universe in the stupendous mitsein of its
time which you above contemptuously term journalism, so which is it?

>
> Give me the joyful pianoplayer rather than the righteous plaintiff anyday.
>
> regards
>
> michaelP
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