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From: GEVANS613-AT-aol.com
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 10:34:32 EDT
Subject: Dasein?  'Soul' with added Bells and Whistles


Dasein?  
'Dasein' = 'Soul' with Bells and Whistles.

Faith in any revealed religion or political doctrine is a denial of reason, a 
clumsy  self inflicted lobotomy to stop the rational mind from being truly 
human and  is the opposite of using reason to discuss the philosophy, logic and 
evidence of religious or political  ideas. Examples of not being truly human? 
Name any religious or political outrage you like modern or historical.
The hallmark of not being truly human? Not to empathise with other humans, or 
to adhere to a doctrine which suppresses that empathetic tendency which sets 
us apart from the animals. The use of the term 'Dasein' to describe a human is 
a curious throwback to the times when human beings were described with the 
appellation 'soul.'  'The poor soul froze to death,' or "The ship went down with 
the loss of all souls,' or "What else is a poor soul expected to do?", etc. 
Dasein appears to be a curious mid-nineteenth version of 'soul'. which 
considering Heidegger's seminary background figures. The semantics of the word 'soul' 
is interesting too, for it means  the spiritual or immaterial part of a human 
being, or a person's animate existence, the spiritual or emotional part of 
man. I don't think 'God' or 'religion' has anything to do with the way we 
appreciate music, art, moving experiences, etc. Atheists are equally moved and maybe 
even more, being  emotionally unrestricted  and untrammelled in the breadth of 
their emotional responses, and not so tightly focussed on one particualr 
Godhead or or intellectually cluttered with some imagined originating demiurgic 
cosmic artisan.

Cheers,

Jud.

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Jud Evans - ANALYTICAL INDICANT THEORY.
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