The Oddness of the OD
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[mailto:heidegger-bounces@an-archos.com]Namens Anthony Crifasi
Verzonden: donderdag 11 oktober 2007 15:52
Aan: Discussions pertaining to the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
Onderwerp: Re: The Oddness of the OD
Bakker, R.B.M. de wrote:
> Heidegger: Metaphysics is essentially nihilism. As in the case of theology,
> the falsity of metaphysics/nihilism is all man-made.
> The nihil, Nothing *itself* is the veil of Being, the ‘essential’ Nothing.
> The lousy nothing (nichtige Nichts) is the result of man’s not being
> equal to it. But this not being able to cope is the mark of his finitude,
> and insofar ‘essential’. Hölderlin’s simple word of the necessity for the test
> to go through the knee, gains the importance which it has, only within the
> sphere which is addressed here.
> So there ARE no: Being, Truth, Nothing etc. In our finite sphere they are
> essentially ambiguous, and also this sounds negative only to the one-sided.
> It is probably up to us, to decide, and never to *claim* one side. Rather,
> Heidegger proposes that the ambiguity/twofoldnes of od is to be led back
> to an original unity. There is no thoroughfare though when “the mortal paths are
> despised” (Hölderlin).
Heidegger did more than merely “propose” that the ambiguity of the od is
to be led back to an original unity. He showed how that very ambiguity
**philosophically necessitates** transcending it.
Sure, the necessity consisting in being swallowed by the raging of technology,
and lose our essence of man. Not a danger, THE danger, regarding everyone, not
just philosophers.
That’s more to go on
than mere smell, Rene…
Without ’smelling’, that is: dealing with nihilism as diagnosed by Nietszche,
there is no way out. Heidegger speaks in decisive contexts - at this moment volumes
are appearing with late notes and texts - of the necessity to drop knowing, and to
open up for … guessing (raten). First, metaphysics and what Heidegger proposed as new
thinking are to be set apart. Only when this succeeds, is it possible to leave metaphysics
to itself, as is said it must be near the end of Time and Being. Otherwise the hedgehog of
od will stand ready everywhere.
Heidegger is heavily criticising himself, so if one thinks one can do without that, and simply
know it all better, one also can be left to oneself. This might be what, through all visible
confrontations and parties, is really happening at this moment: decision is inevitable.
rene
> It can’t be done, nobody can. Therefore one needs help. But are we able and willing
> to ask for and to receive help? Absolute subjectivism - now a global phenomenon - ,
> with all its metaphysical and theological vocabulary, can’t.
