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[from 'Being and Time' by Martin Heidegger, in 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / h. Dasein (being human) ]

Full Idea

When we designate this entity with the term 'Dasein' we are expressing not its 'what' (as if it were a table, house, or tree) but its being.

Gist of Idea

'Dasein' expresses not 'what' the entity is, but its being

Source

Martin Heidegger (Being and Time [1927], p.297), quoted by Kevin Aho - Existentialism: an introduction 2 'Phenomenology'

Book Reference

Aho,Kevin: 'Existentialism: an introduction' [Polity 2014], p.30


A Reaction

Presumably analytic discussions of persons try to be too objective. Heidegger is trying to capture the thought at the heart of Kierkegaard's existentialism. Objectivity and subjectivity are never in conflict. Is there really a different mode of existence?