"Being and Time" Reader

Name: "Being and Time" Reader
Author: Chen Jiaying

《存在与时间》读本

by Chen Jiaying (陈嘉映)

Status: Completed
Source: Fanqie

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18Chapters

Synopsis

"From here and now, a new era in world history has begun, and you may say that you are at its starting point." This was an evaluation received after the publication of "Being and Time" in 1927. The author Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of the 20th century, and can be called a philosopher among philosophers. "Being and Time" is the starting point for studying Heidegger and is also his masterpiece, with a huge and far-reaching influence. The main task of this book is to ask and answer the fundamental question that has been forgotten in the history of Western philosophy for two thousand years - the question of "existence". However, this classic work is intimidating to philosophy lovers due to its large size and difficult prose, making it difficult to finish reading it. As a result, there is this adapted version specially presented for Chinese readers. The editor, Chen Jiaying, is a famous Chinese philosopher and the translator of the Chinese version of "Being and Time". In the process of rewriting, he tried to minimize the artificial difficulties in the text and minimally damage the depth and breadth of the content, just to achieve a very simple original intention - "to provide a book that readers can read thoroughly for a book worth reading."

Reader comments

Dasein is higher than existence, and Dasein exists in the authentic state and the non-authentic state, or in the undifferentiated state. The authentic state is to face fear, face death, and accept the fear of being awake; the inauthentic state is to escape from reality and drift with the crowd into chatting. And Dasein exists among them because it swings back and forth between these two states, constantly being an entity and thinking about why it exists, and Dasein is higher than existence precisely because it is thinking about why it exists and is higher than existence. I reorganized it and got an understanding after reading part of it. Dasein exists in an authentic state and an inauthentic state, or in an undifferentiated state. The authentic state is to face fear, face death, and accept the fear of being awake; the inauthentic state is to escape from reality and drift with the crowd into chatting. And Dasein exists in them by swinging back and forth between these two states. Dasein is higher than existence. Dasein is an entity that questions its own existence. It is precisely because it is thinking about why it exists that it is higher than existence.
12 likes1y ago
There are some places that I still don't understand. Come back and take a look after some time🙈
1 like2y ago
It's a good read, everything is explained very clearly.
1 like2y ago