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Ideas for 'Some Puzzles of Ground', 'Begriffsschrift' and 'Centring'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence

11008	Existence is not a first-order property, but the instantiation of a property [Frege, by Read]
	Full Idea: When Kant said that existence was not a property, what he meant was, according to Frege, that existence is not a first-order property - it is not a property of individuals but a property of properties, that the property has an instance.
	From: report of Gottlob Frege (Begriffsschrift [1879]) by Stephen Read - Thinking About Logic Ch.5

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / h. Dasein (being human)

8228	Being is revealed at the point between waking and sleep [Anon (Cent)]
	Full Idea: At the point of sleep when sleep has not yet come and external wakefulness vanishes, at this point being is revealed.
	From: Anon (Cent) (Centring [c.500 BCE], 50)
	A reaction: One for Heidegger. The problem with eastern philosophy is that no one expects that this revelation could be put into words, so we cannot compare our revelations of being, or pass them on to others. Which means they can't be criticised.