MINDFULNESS

That is why being is also the unquestioned; there is nothing "about" being to be inquired into. That is why being is entangled in the emptiest concept; that is why being is still just a mere hollow word that as what is effective is cast off by and rubbed off beings. And the effective raves in the abandonment by being.


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How Metaphysics Takes Beings


Metaphysics takes beings as the explainable out of 'what has pre-ceded' and thus as what is present and as such arises out of what is already present before what is present and as present is present for a receiving and for a renewed 'putting in place', for a manufacturing.

The ὄν as πρᾶγμα of the πρᾶξις; ἔκαστον of ποίησις - πρᾶξις - θεωρία - grasped from out of 'putting in place'!

The ens as ens creatum.

The res as objectum of repraesentatio.

The thing of a conditionedness by the conditions of the unconditioned.

The object as presencing in representedness.

The actual in an effectiveness.


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[G394] What becomes of beings and their beingness, when such a projecting-opening of 'what has pre-ceded' becomes null and void for receiving and explaining, because such a proj ecting-opening already and incessantly evades be-ing and its truth?


123. In-finitude and Eternity


In-finitude and eternity are the measure and the goals of metaphysics. And with these two the "finite" as what is extant and un-finished becomes important. However, the be-ing-historical emphasis on "finitude" signifies something different, which indeed will be said more appropriately outside this metaphysical opposition and its unity.

The emphasis on "finitude" was merely a preventive attempt that was articulated in the language of metaphysics in order to overcome the ἀεί in the sense of 'making presencing constant' - an overcoming not in favor of


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Martin Heidegger (GA 66) Mindfulness