Tag: Being and beings

Metaphysics

The Place of Being and Becoming

Now what does the word “phusis” say? It says what emerges from itself (for example, the emergence, the blossoming, of a rose), the unfolding that opens itself up, the coming-into-appearance in such unfolding, and holding itself and persisting in appearance—in short, the emerging-abiding sway.[1] Martin Heidegger, Introduction to Metaphysics. I take that ‘emerging-abiding sway’ for ‘place’: primarily, ‘place’ is the…

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