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logos

is a word that doesn't and never did mean 'word' in Greek.

The word logos doesn't and never did mean word in Greek.

is the fold that gathers and divides all things in the 'putting together' of the presence.

For Agamben, logos is the 'fold that gathers and divides all things in the 'putting together' of presence' (ibid.: 156).

is a voice heard in the head. It is the hand on the rudder of human civilization for centuries, up until, in fact, the collapse of the ancient mystery religions and the ascendancy of Christianity to the status of a world religion.

The Logos is a voice heard, in the head. And the Logos was the hand on the rudder of human civilization for centuries, up until, in fact, the collapse of the ancient mystery religions and the ascendancy of Christianity to the status of a world religion.

is not just the same as the Latin ‘ratio’ or the modern ‘language’ by which it has been so often translated. To translate thus is merely to erect a mirror in which we will see only ourselves and our familiar terms of thought.

Logos then is not just the same as the Latin ‘ratio’ or the modern ‘language’ by which it has been so often translated. To translate thus is merely to erect a mirror in which we will see only ourselves and our familiar terms of thought.

is related to the verb legein, meaning both to ‘say’ and ‘to gather’, as in a harvest. In fact the sense of gathering is ‘just as early’ and even more originary.

Heidegger is guided by the fact that the Greek word logos is related to the verb legein. Legein is striking in that it may mean both to ‘say’ and ‘to gather’, as in a harvest. In fact the sense of gathering is ‘just as early’ and even more originary.

is the greek word for ‘gathering’, which is a word rife in significance — it is not some mere action that is done for its own sake – people do not collect fruit or wheat together simply to make a heap. Rather, the making, storing, using and celebrating of bread and wine is central to the culture’s whole existence.

Gathering is not something that makes sense as an action in itself – people do not collect fruit or wheat together simply to make a heap. The making, storing, using and celebrating of bread and wine is central to the culture’s whole existence. Heidegger translates himself and his readers into the historical spirit of Greek, that nexus of significances, associations, implicit practices and rituals at work there.

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