GRGR(5): Weissmann & Heidegger: being-towards-death

[Kevin Won]

I'm going to have to review my Heidegger again, but the Phenomenological Being-Towards-Death aspect of Dazien seems a definite thread woven in the GR tapestry.  I hope someone more knowledgeable on Heidegger will expand on this so I don't reveal too many ignorances explicating Herr doctor myself.

>>> Lorentzen / Nicklaus <lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de> 06/28 2:04 PM >>>

 "Tonight he feels the potency of every word: words are only an eye-twitch away 
  from the things they stand for." (p. 100)


  With his loving of the (late) Rilke & his urge to a change that goes far 
  beyond the political dimension, Weissmann is somehow like Heidegger. In the 
  'Humanismusbrief' it says: "Die Sprache ist das Haus des Seins" (- about 
  "Language is the house of being"). Could be connected to the above quoted 
  passage. And Heidegger also says: "Ereignis ist eignendes Er-äugnis". This is 
  probably untranslatable, but "Er-äugnis" is not too for away from 
  "eye-twitch". The term "Ereignis", a core category og the late Heidegger, 
  might be "occurence" or "incident" or "happening" or "event".

   Best, KFL