Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 08:25:29 -0500 (EST)
From: henry sholar <H_SHOLAR-AT-marta.uncg.edu>
Subject: RE:  "I", proper names, lang. etc.



>Henk van Tuijl:
>>>I do not think there is any truth in believes about the superiority of 
>a language, a culture, a ... - need I go on? <<
>
>Michael E:
>Neither do I.
>I regard these recurring asides on the propensities and potentialities of 
>various languages as interesting observations, not weighty claims.
>An encomium on one language does not imply the denigration of another, 
>does it?

henry query:
what of the dissolution (forgetfulness, de-evolution) of language as according 
to tqct, pp25-27, dasein moves further into a complete forgetting of (belong to) 
Being?

1)  (i don't hold that there) is at 'origin' language nearest to being (say, with 
the ancient greeks) & that good old deutsch circumscribes it best nowadays.
but what was at 'origin'--and was language provoked from poetry in the 
falling-in-with?  (in which case Robert S might re-tool his critique)

2)  but if language orbits being, somehow, and we are at a further distance, how 
can we (consciously?) bring language nearer to being?  or do we wait alertly for 
it?

3)  finally, if Robert S thinks this is contortionistic, my humble apologies.  how 
does one talk about these mega-issues in a "post-metaphysical" Way?

kindest regards,
hen



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