Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 07:11:47 -0700
From: Mike Staples <mstaples-AT-argusqa.com>
Subject: Re: Mind & Body, One More Time


Charles B. Guignon wrote:

> I see what you're saying, and I think the later Heid. of Gelassenheit
> would agree.  But the early Heid. was strongly influenced by
> existentialist ideas, and did feel that we have some (limited) power
> over
> our moods.

In one of your publications recommended by Phil (I can't recall the
title -- come on Greg, help me out here) this issue came up for me. We
were, I believe, talking about authenticity. It seemed as though you
were suggesting the sort of ego control that I was arguing against. I
suggested to Phil at the time that it seemed as though you were writing
out of the earlier Heidegger's focus on the resolute.

>  Thus, if I am in the mood of scientific objectification and
> am still in that mood when I come home to my children, I can make some
>
> effort to "quit it" and start acting like a caring parent.  If I wake
> up
> in a "bad mood," I can do something about it (work out, take a hot
> bath,
> meditate).  In other words, I'm not a total slave to every passing
> mood.
> There must be a middle ground between Wayne Dwyer and hopelessness.

Could you refer me to the appropriate section in SZ that indicates this?
I understand the notion of the resolute, but I would like to clear up
for myself the use of the term with respect to the example you provide.

> I agree that the vocabulary of "mastery" is not Heideggerian

Good! So I'm not brain-dead quite yet.

Michael S.



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