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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
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- E
- F
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- 140. Nature (Natur)
- 141. Nihilism (Nihilismus)
- 142. Nothing (Nichts)
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- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
142. - Nothing (Nichts)
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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
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- 140. Nature (Natur)
- 141. Nihilism (Nihilismus)
- 142. Nothing (Nichts)
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The nothing is that which allows us to grasp and conceptualize what, prior to such conceptualization, remains inchoate and unformed in our phenomenological experience, not yet recognized as a meaningful entity, and in this sense not yet a thing (but rather a “no-thing”), hence (rather naturally in English at least) a “nothing.”
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- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon , pp. 520 - 528Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021