John MacDonald

(11) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Parmenides Part 2)

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This is my second of two background pieces on Being that will prepare us to follow Heidegger along Parmenides’s path. An understanding of Being is necessary for us to “encounter” beings “as such,” for them to make us happy, weigh on us in a troubled manner, sustain us, be interrogated by us or occupy us … (11) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Parmenides Part 2)

(10) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Parmenides Part 1)

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I’ve moved beyond Heidegger’s analysis of Anaximander in the lecture course to Parmenides.  Parmenides, of course, is the great philosopher of Being, so let’s gather some preliminary thoughts about Being. When we normally talk about Being, we mean a few different things.  The first is whatness: the dog understood in terms of its furriness for … (10) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Parmenides Part 1)

(9) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Transition from Anaximander to Parmenides Part 2/2)

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I noted previously Anaximander is talking about beings, ta onta, the neuter plural of to on – being, which implies beings in their unity and not just a multiplicity.  Heidegger notes we see this too in Sanskrit. In Sanskrit, the use of the neuter plural form for “beings” or similar concepts can indeed convey a … (9) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Transition from Anaximander to Parmenides Part 2/2)

(8) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Transition from Anaximander to Parmenides Part 1)

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Anaximander gave us a word about beings as beings (entities, things that are in some way instead of being nothing) not just about beings of a specific domain like physical beings or anthropological entities, beings in their Being, and one of the elements was transition like day to night.  In the political dimension, this made … (8) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Transition from Anaximander to Parmenides Part 1)

(7) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Anaximander Part 5 Conclusion)

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“The fragment of Anaximander presents one of the strongest hermeneutic challenges known to modem philology and philosophy.”  (Prof Vassilis Lambropoulos: Stumbling.over the ‘Boundary Stone of Greek Philosophy’ Two Centuries-of Translating the Anaximander Fragment) So, I’ve been blogging about Heidegger’s interpretation of Anaximander, primarily from part 1 of the summer semester 1932 lecture course from the … (7) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Anaximander Part 5 Conclusion)

(6) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Anaximander Part 4)

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The final part of the statement is kata ten tou chronou taxin, according to the measure of time.  We might say all things and processes elapse in time and time is the universal order (taxis) of the sequence of positions which pertain to every event.  But this is a modern way of thinking, not an … (6) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Anaximander Part 4)

(5) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Anaximander Part 3)

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“The fragment of Anaximander presents one of the strongest hermeneutic challenges known to modem philology and philosophy.”  (Prof Vassilis Lambropoulos: Stumbling.Over the ‘Boundary Stone of Greek Philosophy’ Two Centuries-of Translating the Anaximander Fragment) “For things pay one another penalty and retribution for their wickedness.” (Anaximander) or “they (beings) bestow compliance and correspondence on one another … (5) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Anaximander Part 3)

(4) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Anaximander Part 2)

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“The fragment of Anaximander presents one of the strongest hermeneutic challenges known to modem philology and philosophy.”  (Prof Vassilis Lambropoulos: Stumbling.Over the ‘Boundary Stone of Greek Philosophy’ Two Centuries-of Translating the Anaximander Fragment) We’ve been thinking about “beings” for Anaximander, which we have argued does not mean beings as a whole collection but beings in … (4) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Anaximander Part 2)

(3) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Anaximander Part 1)

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“The fragment of Anaximander presents one of the strongest hermeneutic challenges known to modem philology and philosophy.”  (Prof Vassilis Lambropoulos: Stumbling.Over the ‘Boundary Stone of Greek Philosophy’ Two Centuries-of Translating the Anaximander Fragment) Heidegger’s reading of the Pre-Socratics: Anaximander Part 1. Summary and Analysis. In this lecture course, Heidegger is looking at rethinking Anaximander and … (3) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy (Anaximander Part 1)