Subject: RE: Philosophy
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 18:57:02 -0700


> >BG:Yes of course.
> >Forgive me for not formulating my question as I intended it. It is
more
> >along the lines of my subsequent mail. My interest lies in gaining
some
> >insight into how Heidegger's early personal development [Logic,
> >Mathematics, The Sciences] served as a foundation for the
subordination
> >of all of those. Looking from the result of his more mature thinking,
> >it's like "of course," how blindingly ignorant traditional
metaphysics
> >has been. But what all is entailed in the arrival at his later
thinking
> >is what interests me most.
> 
> Such an arrival is difficult to "manage."  That's the exciting thing
> about "Befindlichkeit."  One does and doesn't  have control over how
> one finds oneself in-the-world.


Yes, of course.
I do seem to be all over the map. Really not expressing why I'm here.

 
> Bob, you seem to find yourself-- or at least express your finding
> yourself-- in the form of a relatively non-committal questioning.
> How do you find that way of finding yourself?
> 
> Pardon me for prying.
> 
> Allen


Thank you for asking Allen,

I'm just about out the door here but my true interest in life has little
to do with academic appreciation, even though I must say that I love
this stuff and have grown very fond of many here, including you Allen.
You have taught me much.

I've had an extraordinary experience in my life that ended up being
disappointing in certain crucial ways. It could be characterized as a
Heidegger cult. My experiences bordered on the unbelievable so I do not
feel free to discuss them here. Many who have had the same experience,
feel likewise. There is actually a global community of us that is
finding each other.

There is a clarity and uncanny empowerment that is there in our being in
community. I'm an engineer by training and by nature it seems. I want to
explore all I can in terms of getting the nuance of Heidegger's
thinking. Do I really need to? ...perhaps not. It seems like the
"getting" comes much easier via other means.

There is also a legal aspect to this. "The Corporation" has legally
threatened me on numerous occasions for attempting to take what they say
is their intellectual property. I'd like to be able to defend myself
adequately and if necessary for I'm not taking anything nor creating a
business of anykind.

I'm extremely committed to a Project Allen. It just doesn't necessarily
show here.

Bob 




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