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There is a para in the book "What is a Rune? & Other Essays" of Collin Cleary, Greg Johnson:
"Heidegger’s treatment of this conceptual pair is long and difficult, because for him “thinking” has to do with the very essence of Dasein and its relation to Being. Let’s examine the concept of “thinking.” We associate it with reason and logic. The Greek word from which “logic” is derived is logos, which can mean account or speech. Logos, in turn, is derived from legein, which means “to discourse or talk.” However, as discussed earlier in this volume, the root meaning of legein is “to gather” or “to collect.” Heidegger tells us what is “gathered” in thinking or logos: “Being-human, according to its historical, history-opening essence, is logos, the gathering and apprehending of the Being of beings.”171 It is openness to the Being of beings that makes possible thinking or saying (language)."
1. Can one read the last sentence as the "thinking" or "saying (language)" facilitates the openness of the Being?
2. Can we say that another (vice versa) reading is possible to the extent that the very openness (like condition) itself is the cause of the thinking - the openness makes thinking?
"Heidegger’s treatment of this conceptual pair is long and difficult, because for him “thinking” has to do with the very essence of Dasein and its relation to Being. Let’s examine the concept of “thinking.” We associate it with reason and logic. The Greek word from which “logic” is derived is logos, which can mean account or speech. Logos, in turn, is derived from legein, which means “to discourse or talk.” However, as discussed earlier in this volume, the root meaning of legein is “to gather” or “to collect.” Heidegger tells us what is “gathered” in thinking or logos: “Being-human, according to its historical, history-opening essence, is logos, the gathering and apprehending of the Being of beings.”171 It is openness to the Being of beings that makes possible thinking or saying (language)."
1. Can one read the last sentence as the "thinking" or "saying (language)" facilitates the openness of the Being?
2. Can we say that another (vice versa) reading is possible to the extent that the very openness (like condition) itself is the cause of the thinking - the openness makes thinking?
