In-der-Blog-sein

At Vomit the Lukewarm, a limitation of Heidegger's is noted:

'Being at hand' (there probably were hyphens) the idea behind the term is that we best understand the being of something when we don't have it anymore. No one is more aware of their car than in the times when it doesn't work, no one has a more profound awareness of a screwdriver than in the times when they can't find one. The Method here is a sound one, my only question has to do with what is left out. Nowhere does Heidegger mention things like eyes, hands, a harvest, good weather, etc- in other words, there are no natural things.

Only problem here is that not only does Heidegger go on about natural things, he goes on about those specific things. In fact hands are very popular and show up in many places: the hand holding this piece of chalk, the hands holding the lectern. The limitation with Heidegger's works, compared with other scholars, is that Heidegger forbade having indexes in his works, and translators have largely followed suit. Consequently it's hard to find out where Heidegger discusses the weather, and so on. Heidegger wants you to read entire works and not just pick out passages out of context.  ¶ 7:05 AM