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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self

15581	Dasein is always only that which it has chosen to be [Heidegger]
	Full Idea: Dasein is always only that which it has chosen to be.
	From: Martin Heidegger (Basic Problems of Phenomenology [1927], p.278), quoted by Richard Polt - Heidegger: an introduction 3.§39-42
	A reaction: I take it as significant that this is what it 'has' chosen, and not what it now 'chooses'. I might accept that my mode of existence results from past choices, but certainly not that I can choose it now. Ossified brain.