twofold

is a basic structuring referring to the endless interplay between absence and presence, veiling and unveiling, sheltering and clearing, or being and beings.

Since Heidegger is the least empirical of thinkers, we know that he is not coming up with these numbers by looking at philosophical problems on a case-by-case basis. The twofold structures always refer to the endless interplay in his thinking between absence and presence, veiling and unveiling, sheltering and clearing, or being and beings. This twofold is Heidegger’s most powerful central idea, one that allows him to challenge all forms of presence and thereby claim to be starting philosophy from a new beginning.

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