being there

is far from being locked up within 'the cabinet of consciousness', to be always already outside of ourselves (i.e. Ex-isting), which is to say, outside in the world disclosed to us.

Temporality is the primordial outside of itself in and for itself. Thus we call the phenomena of future, having-been and present, the ecstases of temporality. Temporality is not, prior to this, a being that first emerges from itself... its essence is temporalizing in the unity of the ecstases. 7 Far from being locked up within ''the cabinet of consciousness'', we are always already outside of ourselves, outside in the world disclosed to us. This is the meaning of being there, of ' existence.

is being "there" in a way that it makes a difference to me. To me it matters that I am claiming the mountain, in that country, in that time of the year; but to the mountain it makes no difference at all where or when it exists, because it is oblivious to all beings.

Which way of Being distinguishes us? Being there. Of course, a rock is "there" in the sense that it has a spatial location. But we are "there" in a much , richer sense: we inhabit a world, we are capably engaged in a meaningful context. It makes a difference to me that I am climbing this mountain, in this country, in this year - but to the mountain it makes no difference at all where or when it exists, because it is oblivious to all beings. We have a "there" as no other entity does, because for us, the world is understandable. Much of Being and Timewill be devoted to exploring this phenomenon.

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being there