Heidegger and Future Presencing (The Black Pages)
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Heidegger and Future Presencing (The Black Pages)
Spencer Golub
Heidegger and Future Presencing (The Black Pages)
Spencer Golub Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies Brown University Providence, RI, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-31888-8 ISBN 978-3-030-31889-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31889-5 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Elena Ray/Alamy Stock Photo This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To my sister, for her time.
Contents
1 Page (Rectangle) 1 2 Book (Decomposition) 43 3 Clock (Time’s Pre-sequels) 81 4 Horse (Why Is There Something Else Rather Than Something?) 141 5 Human (Being) 201 Index 253
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CHAPTER 1
Page (Rectangle)
The blackboard, the black rectangle had three entrances through numbers and equations. Hard to find one’s way in, Harder still to find one’s way out, as the numbers moved onto each other’s lines, into their brackets, unconstrained by outside descriptions, prohibitions, and explanations. They simply attached themselves, compounding each other’s values. The entrances could only be opened from the inside, as if the black rectangle had been walled in and someone or something else was behind or inside it. The numbers were, no doubt codes, perhaps arbitrary, perhaps axes meant to intersect at pertinent points that would trigger some unseen lock to spring open. From there, the secret knowledge would be released that was, however, already written on the surface. Without the requisite understanding, though, the secret knowledge would be unfulfilled, incomplete. One imagined there were stairs on the oth
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