Do we not feel the world as unheimlich precisely because we could lose it, and thus lose ourselves, at any moment? And on the other hand whenever choices are made are we not "being towards death" in the sense that we feel the death of all the possibilities that become closed off due to choice, and the existential dread that comes with that? — Janus
Indeed.
And therein is the essence of the ironic nature of this matter. — Arne
Speech about illusions refers us to what is not. Per H these small cases of negation are secondary to "the nothing." — frank
Sure. And they draw us to think about what is not. — frank
I don't know what "the nothing" is, and it's not clear to me anyone does. — Ciceronianus the White
I suspect if a definition is hazarded by anyone, it will turn out to be fittingly obscure... — Ciceronianus the White
...or if not that a rather mundane expression of angst. — Ciceronianus the White
Really? If it's necessary to give that a name, I think "the futile" would be more appropriate.It's just the negation of everything. — frank
Really? If it's necessary to give that a name, I think "the futile" would be more appropriate. — Ciceronianus the White
Well, consider what it means to negate, and what negation means, and therefore what is meant by "negation of everything." Is it the denial of everything? The absence of everything? The claim that "everything" is false? Causing everything to be invalid? The destruction of everything? What could be more futile then such a denial, or to claim that everything is absent, or false, or invalid, or destroyed? What would be more futile than to be concerned what it will be like not to exist or with what it would be like if nothing existed?
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