Heidegger held that ‘It is in language that things first come to be and are.’ Here is his definition of the human:
“Man shows himself as the entity which talks. This does not signify that the possibility of vocal utterance is peculiar to him, but rather that he is the entity which is such as to discover the world and [himself].”
I watched the PBS video of highlights of the Watergate hearings 50 years ago, and I was struck by the debaters that had a clear idea of what was right and wrong. Those were social attitudes and narrative in the US of the 50s. Fast forward to the Trump hearings where right and wrong have been muddied and relativized. Many people on one side are deniers of blatant facts, even though an “insurrection” has happened in front of them.
We all live socially in a time where we’ve begun space travel and our cultural, ecological, geographic, gravitational, and gyroscopic orientation has shifted. Perhaps, I’m thinking, your human moral compass and narrative has also changed and become confused by many. What is the contemporary narrative and mythology that grounds, illuminates and holds together this reality?
Dear Concerned,
SAY WHAT???
Heidegger held that ‘It is in language that things first come to be and are.’ Here is his definition of the human:
“Man shows himself as the entity which talks. This does not signify that the possibility of vocal utterance is peculiar to him, but rather that he is the entity which is such as to discover the world and [himself].”
Excerpt Aeon Psyche - The post-linguistic turn
Dear Concerned,
I watched the PBS video of highlights of the Watergate hearings 50 years ago, and I was struck by the debaters that had a clear idea of what was right and wrong. Those were social attitudes and narrative in the US of the 50s. Fast forward to the Trump hearings where right and wrong have been muddied and relativized. Many people on one side are deniers of blatant facts, even though an “insurrection” has happened in front of them.
We all live socially in a time where we’ve begun space travel and our cultural, ecological, geographic, gravitational, and gyroscopic orientation has shifted. Perhaps, I’m thinking, your human moral compass and narrative has also changed and become confused by many. What is the contemporary narrative and mythology that grounds, illuminates and holds together this reality?
Sincerely,
THE GOD ORACLE