Month: May 2026

Plato, Aristotle, Heidegger and Derrida with the Postmodernism in Différance

As I’ve noted previously, traditionally, such as in the Gorgias, the Greeks saw Being as presence, and so we see houseness is “present” with the house.  But Derrida’s point is that presence is not just in itself, but is qualified (e.g., “merely present”).  Moreover, Being is going to presence according to various degrees of Beauty, Plato, Aristotle, Heidegger and Derrida with the Postmodernism in Différance