RT Article
T1 The Force of Existence. Looking for Spinoza in Heidegger
JF Sophia
VO 59
IS 1
SP 139
OP 172
A1 Lysemose, Kasper
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1700603418
AB In the perhaps most decisive reopening of philosophy in the twentieth century, Heidegger presented an existential analytic. This can be viewed as the highly complex analysis of one simple action: being-there (Dasein). In the paper at hand, a Spinozist interpretation of this action is proposed. This implies a shift in the Aristotelian conceptuality, which, to a large extent, informs Heidegger’s analysis. The action of being-there is not a movement from potentiality (dynamis) to actuality (energeia). It is a force of existence (vis existendi). However, this force is located right at the threshold between potentiality and actuality. Accordingly, it is not a matter of dismissing Aristotle’s concepts, but—with Heidegger—to observe carefully their deconstruction and pursue it to the point where these concepts become indistinct and where—beyond Heidegger—a Spinozian force of existence emerges.
K1 Actuality
K1 Drive
K1 Force
K1 Heidegger
K1 Potentiality
K1 Spinoza
DO 10.1007/s11841-019-0712-y