The term Dasein is central to Heidegger’s philosophy,
especially as formulated in Sein und Zeit . The word usually
translates from German as “existence” and is formed by compounding
da (there) and sein (to be) to form a concept
“being-there” or “being-here”. As the word has a particularly rich
inflection in the work of Heidegger and is not translated into
English in his works, so it has come to be used in philosophical
and critical discourse in English as signifying the
phenomenological understanding of what it means “to
be-in-the-world”.
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Citation:
Editors, Litencyc. "Dasein". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 February 2005 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1523, accessed 23 November 2024.]
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