part of Contributions entitled “Be-ing,” being-t/here and the truth of be-ing as enowning can be unfolded as well “from the side” of the gods.9 For now let us stay with the sections under the title “Grounding” and see how humans ¤nd their selfhood out of being-t/here.
b) Being-T/here—Selfhood—Humans
In section 194, Heidegger says that in order to be themselves, humans need to be set out (ver-rückt) and thus grounded into being-t/here (C223; B317). This “grounding” occurs when humans remain attuned by reservedness and sustain in their “being the t/here” above all the withdrawal in which be-ing occurs. Humans find themselves exposed to this withdrawal, which is mirrored in their own death. Thus, the “self” Heidegger is thinking here is the authentic self which he also thinks in Being and Time, the self to which human beings come back only in resolute being-towards-death. This “self” first discloses the ownmost being of humans. Further, we will see that this self, which has nothing in common with a self-enclosed subject, occurs in the belongingness to the truth of being, a truth that is abysmal. It is therefore a self that is fundamentally open.
The coming to themselves of humans is grounded in what Heidegger calls “selfhood” (Selbstheit). This selfhood is prior to any “I,” “you,” and “we.” Also it does not refer merely to a human “self.” Rather, Heidegger calls “selfhood” the “trajectory and domain of owning-to [Zu-eignung] and of the origin of the ‘to’ [zu] and the ‘self’ [sich]” (C223; B317). This means that selfhood names an aspect of be-ing’s occurrence as enowning, namely the “owning-to” through which humans ¤nd their “own,” their “self.” As the trajectory and domain of the “owning-to,” selfhood is also “
9. See the last chapter of this book titled “Be-ing.”
10. Italics added.