dasein
nounUK /dɑː.zʌɪn/ · US /dɑ.zaɪn/
Etymology From German Dasein (“there-to be”), from da (“there”) + sein (“to be”).
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence
- Hereness (Dasein) might be perhaps be called more expediently, Now-Being (Jetztsein), ...1954, Otto Samuel, “The Relationship of Hereness Dasein”, in A Foundation of Ontology: A Critical Analysis of Nicolai Hartmann, Digitized edition (Philosophy), Philosophical Library, published 2008, page 62: