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Friday, July 09, 2010
 
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Matthew T Grant on the value of nothingness.
Heidegger too insisted on the “no-thing-ness” of philosophical thought. To him, thinking was unique as an human activity because it did not truck with beings, but solely with Being (Sein), which he called “essentially the same as Nothingness” (wesenslgeich mit dem Nichts, or something like that).

But the case of Heidegger reminds us that philosophy’s product – a perspective on things – while not belonging properly to the order of things can nevertheless have a tangible impact. A philosophical perspective not only shows what is there, but what is possible and, in some cases, what is necessary. When these things, possibilities, and necessities get organized into practices, philosophy has its pay off and that pay off could take the form of a religion, a political system, a life-style, or even a business.
 
Comments:
Thanks for the unanticipated citation on such an intriguing site.

For what it's worth, the link above to the ur-post is broken.

http://www.matthewtgrant.com/2010/07/09/this-post-has-no-value/
 
Fixed. Thanks.
 
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