Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 18:03:37 +0200
Subject: Re:  Dasein,  language
From: artefact-AT-t-online.de (Michael Eldred)


Cologne 19 June 1998

Allen Scult schrieb:
> But might we not say that human beings participate WITH one another in the
>  mode of being we call Dasein ( Dasein as a "being-with") and though not in
>  and of itself a "similarity" there is a certain communilaty in and through
>  language that is part and parcel of that participating.  Gadamer speaks of
>  this communality as a search for a "common language," but of course it's a
>  common language that already exists, indeed is "inscribed" in the being-with
>  of Dasein.  As we strive to uncover this inscription, it seems to me we are
>  looking for a "similarity" with the other experienced,  expressed, and
>  finally understood in and through language.

Alan,
Striving to uncover a communality in a language is an ontic comportment which 
presupposes Dasein as “being-with”, i.e. the ontological constitution or make-up 
(_Seinsverfassung_) of Dasein. Language itself has its ground in this 
ontological dimension; it does not constitute it.

“Die zeigende Sage be-wegt die Sprache zum Sprechen des Menschen.”

“The showing-pointing saying makes language’s way to human speaking.” (_Der Weg 
zur Sprache_ in: UzS:266)

The second “e” in “be-wegt” is written with an Umlaut in the original to 
indicate a “making way”. The path in thinking in this late paper is quite 
remarkable; it makes clear the derivative nature of human speaking, i.e. 
derivative of propriation.

Regards,
Michael
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