----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Andrea Sosio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 3:16 AM Subject: Re: Heidegger > dear andrea: > > > well the joan stambaugh translation > is to the macquarrie and robinson translation > what the new international version > is to the king james bible - > that is, its written much more in the words > of our modern living language, > for one small example, > she translate the german 'besorgen' > as 'taking care' rather than 'solicitude' > which shows her concern > for both accuracy and understandibility > > mmm, as far as introductions, > i might advocate pirsig actually :) > from page one, you'll notice concepts pirsig nibbled at > digested in a more thorough manner: > heidegger just goes both higher and deeper > > those little picture-books like > 'introducting heidegger' or 'heidegger for beginner's' > never miss the mark completely, > they're usually written by professors > who've studied the material at length > and especially appeal to visual learners > or those who like sugar with their medicine - > but to really understand a word-concept like > Da-sein (the being of human being, the questioning subject) > one must really examine all those instances > where heidgger invokes it - > > and there's always going to exist > an uncrossable gap of intrepretation > because as heidegger's epic argues... > we cannot divorce being from time > or, there's no being beyond time > or, as pirsig might say, > a thing without value doesn't exist > that is, every value lives > in a very specific historical/spatial place > (this is another way of saying that > static qualities can never capture Dynamic Quality, > or as heidegger puts it, > beings can never capture being ... > 'The being of beings 'is' itself not a being' (p6)) > in short, constantly re-cognize heidegger's historicity > as he writes (p39) > 'the question of the meaning of being > is the most universal > and the emptiest ... > but at the same time > the possibility inheres > of its most acute individualization > in each particular Da-sein.' > so make his words yours > > i myself fall into a sort of heidegger rythmn - > if you can get through that introduction (40 pages) > then you're set - > > questions remain: > 'what is is?' > 'what does it mean to be?' > (see how this question must be answered > before 'what is quality?' can ever be) > that's the big difference between heidegger and pirsig > pirsig tries to construct a metaphysics > heidegger contstructs an ontology which > then nullifies/transcends/answers metaphysics > > > :luv,kev > MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org Mail Archive - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/ MD Queries - [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at: http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html
