Liberalism as the Ideology of Consummate Meaninglessness, Part 3

Michael O'Meara

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Part 1 here, Part 2 here

In ancient and medieval philosophy, “to be” meant to be an enduring presence, the Eternal Being being God. For moderns, “it” (the enduring presence) becomes a being, an object, in time and space or else a self-conscious subject.

Both approaches, Heidegger argues, neglect that human being is neither an enduring presence …