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On the Origin and Horizon of Being

Predrag Finci orcid.org/0000-0001-7702-6899 ; London, United Kingdom

Abstract

The notion of origin has different meanings in the philosophy of Presocratics, Heidegger’s and in postmodern philosophy. That notion should differ from the historical origin and notion of abyss (Urgrund). In philosophy, the question of origin is a question of foundation and authenticity. Horizon does not only refer to future while the origin is not only something referred to as the past. Origin and horizon are based on the Here and Now: they both belong to a changeable world, the only one in which our “eternity” is possible. We equate the notion of eternity with the notion of value, value in the sense of something worth living for, or value which designates our world, and as such “eternity” is also in its essence historical and a mirror of our present.

Keywords

origin; abyss; horizon; being; history

Hrčak ID:

158759

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/158759

Publication date:

22.9.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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