Heidegger

Well Michael,
As anticipated, you’ve rendered this list nonplussed. After all,
despite its yearnings this is a gathering of philosophers with teeth
cut in exegesis. So, my question remains: What does the opposite of
exegesis even look like? How do we proceed and not think *about*? By
looking away?
My Mom has Macular Degeneration. It’s […]

Ron recently wrote:
> Well Michael,
> As anticipated, you’ve rendered this list nonplussed. After all, despite
> its yearnings this is a gathering of philosophers with teeth cut in
> exegesis. So, my question remains: What does the opposite of exegesis
> even look like? How do we proceed and not think *about*? By […]

In a message dated 6/23/2009 6:48:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ronjelaco at mac.com writes:
The exquisite difficulty faced in Heidegger’s thinkerly walk is that he
seeks a thinking path that is not representational, that is not an act of
will; and the initial ‘problem’ is how to not even will the not-willing (how
to not represent the non-representational). Long’s walking […]

— On Wed, 6/3/09, michaelP wrote: > > The exquisite difficulty faced in Heidegger’s thinkerly > walk is that he seeks a thinking path that is not representational, > that is not an act of will; and the initial ‘problem’ is how to > not even will the not-willing […]

Thus, gelassenheit must be grasped first (if you like): Heidegger’s seminal
‘Conversation on a country path’ {part of ‘Gelassenheit’) should be
consulted for this — anyone interested in a close reading?
Thus spoke I a little whiling ago; I got a response off-list from a list
member, Ron Jelaco, who (for better or worser) encouraged me to attempt […]

In a message dated 5/25/2009 11:50:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
michael at sandwich-de-sign.co.uk writes:
BernX:
Hi Michael;
In all of the above you (qua Heidegger) attempt to re-invent the less
mentionable ( to moderns) agency of the Devil renominalized (abstracted) as
gestell. And then to balance the deck and lubricate the conscience the
pleroma of angels is entered as gelassenheit. And […]

> In a message dated 5/24/2009 1:57:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> michael at sandwich-de-sign.co.uk writes:
>> michaelP wrote:
>>
>>> laughs mike:
>>>
>>>> Hilarious !
>
> mP:
>>> Hi mike, apart from the reference to Edwin Starr’s recording of ‘War’ (also
>>> brilliantly covered by Frankie Goes To Hollywood amongst others), was there
>>> any thing else you found amusing? My point, […]

In a message dated 5/24/2009 1:57:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
michael at sandwich-de-sign.co.uk writes:
> michaelP wrote:
>
>> laughs mike:
>>
>>> Hilarious !
>>
>> Hi mike, apart from the reference to Edwin Starr’s recording of ‘War’
(also
>> brilliantly covered by Frankie Goes To Hollywood amongst others), was
there
>> any thing else you found amusing? My point, which I have made before, […]