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- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Series page
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Using the Lexicon
- Chronology of Martin Heidegger
- Abbreviations for Heidegger’s Works
- A
- B
- C
- 32. Care (Sorge)
- 33. Certainty (Gewissheit)
- 34. Circumspection (Umsicht)
- 35. Clearing (Lichtung)
- 36. Closeness (Nähe)
- 37. Cognition (Erkenntnis)
- 38. Communication (Mitteilung)
- 39. Comportment (Verhalten, or Verhaltung)
- 40. Concept (Begriff)
- 41. Confrontation (Auseinandersetzung)
- 42. Conscience (Gewissen)
- 43. Consciousness (Bewusstsein)
- 44. Constancy (Ständigkeit)
- 45. Constitution (Konstitution)
- 46. Constitution (Verfassung)
- 47. Context (Zusammenhang)
- 48. Coping (Umgang)
- 49. Correspondence (Entsprechung)
- 50. Curiosity (Neugier)
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- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
34. - Circumspection (Umsicht)
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2021
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Series page
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Using the Lexicon
- Chronology of Martin Heidegger
- Abbreviations for Heidegger’s Works
- A
- B
- C
- 32. Care (Sorge)
- 33. Certainty (Gewissheit)
- 34. Circumspection (Umsicht)
- 35. Clearing (Lichtung)
- 36. Closeness (Nähe)
- 37. Cognition (Erkenntnis)
- 38. Communication (Mitteilung)
- 39. Comportment (Verhalten, or Verhaltung)
- 40. Concept (Begriff)
- 41. Confrontation (Auseinandersetzung)
- 42. Conscience (Gewissen)
- 43. Consciousness (Bewusstsein)
- 44. Constancy (Ständigkeit)
- 45. Constitution (Konstitution)
- 46. Constitution (Verfassung)
- 47. Context (Zusammenhang)
- 48. Coping (Umgang)
- 49. Correspondence (Entsprechung)
- 50. Curiosity (Neugier)
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Circumspection is the capacity by which we are able to fit entities into our practical activity. “Circumspection” is Macquarrie and Robinson’s translation of Umsicht, a term cognate with umsichtig, which means “prudent” or “farseeing.” While circumspection is briefly mentioned in some of Heidegger’s lecture courses from the 1920s, it comes to prominence in Being and Time, where it is a central pillar in Heidegger’s analysis of “average everydayness” in Division i.
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- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon , pp. 148 - 151Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021