Heidegger

oddly enough, I’m experiencing some difficulty grasping the concept of
‘the’ (is there only one?) Ontological Difference, OD.

perhaps, someone can help me out.

is the OD at all related to the difference between two types of nouns:
the particular and the collective.

[I will follow what I believe is a common convention of capitalizing the
collective (or mass/class) version of a noun and (for greater clarity)
the uncommon convention of not capitalizing the first word of a sentence
unless it is capitalizable for some other reason]

is the difference between Being and a being other than the difference
between a particular being and Being, the set of all beings or the
collectivity of all beings?

is Existence something more than (or less than or other than) the sum
total of all existents?

is the difference between Furniture (the class/set or abstraction) and a
particular piece of furniture (upon which I just stubbed my toe)
something other than the OD; and, if so, can you elaborate on the
distinction between the OD and the difference to which I am alluding,
the CPD (Class/Particular Difference)?

Regards,

Joe

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Philosophy is, after all, done ultimately in the first person for the
first person. — H-N Castaneda

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Posted on Thursday, November 8th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
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