dasein

Definitions

noun philosophy Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence

From German Dasein ("there-to be"), from da (“there”) +‎ sein (“to be”).

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It reminds me of German philosopher Martin Heidegger and his philosophy of 'dasein', 'being there, in-the-world'.

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It reminds me of German philosopher Martin Heidegger and his philosophy of 'dasein', 'being there, in-the-world'.

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If there is a God and He is the one in the Christian scriptures, Heidegger and company are not worth bothering with as dasein is by definition incapable of realizing Truth or Reality for that matter....

The Volokh Conspiracy » Putting Heidegger in the library’s grave of discarded lies 2009
But the Infantile part of me is insatiable - in fact its whole essence or dasein or whatever lies in its a priori insatiability.

acupuncture update, plus more thoughts on privilege (updated) 2009
The robot is the dasein - for whom things shine - in the movie.

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The robot is the dasein - for whom things shine - in the movie.

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July 15th, 2006 at 4: 29 pm dasein says: sorry.typeo. * speech*

Think Progress » Putin Jabs Bush: ‘We Certainly Would Not Want…The Same Kind of Democracy As They Have in Iraq’ 2006
Hat tip to the anonymous dasein that brought Celsias to our attention.

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On the contrary, it is even reassuring for the dasein!

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On the contrary, it is even reassuring for the dasein!

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