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<p>Right after the presentation of Hyginus’s fable in §42 of <italic>Being and Time</italic> comes a note in which Heidegger affirms that the orientation about care as the being of <italic>Dasein</italic> (§41) arose in the context of the interpretation of Augustinian anthropology and the foundations obtained by the analysis of Aristotelian ontology. Why such a mention and why is it placed precisely after proving the pre-ontological origin of care as the being of <italic>Dasein</italic>? Assuming such problem, this paper does not aim only at offering a reading key that justifies such note, but at presenting the importance of the factical and pre-ontological aspects presented, respectively, in <italic>Book X</italic> of <italic>The Confessions</italic> of Augustine and in the fable of Hyginus for Heidegger's elaboration of care as an ontological category. For this purpose, three lecture courses will be assumed, especially: <italic>Augustine and Neo-Platonism</italic> (1921), which will make it possible to perceive the always factical aspect of care, thus evidencing the historical enactment perspective of the hermeneutics of facticity; <italic>Phenomenological Interpretations of Aristotle</italic> (1921/1922), which will make it possible to understand the idea of “ontological category” as a first formulation of what, in <italic>Being and Time</italic>, will be the existentials; and <italic>History of the concept of time: prolegomena</italic> (1925), which will allow us to realize that care is about being and not having, therefore, that it is not a possession of <italic>Dasein</italic>, but a condition of its existence. Finally, after justifying the importance of different aspects for care as an ontological category, it will be understood why the ontological interpretation differs from both others.</p>
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Right after the presentation of Hyginus’s fable in §42 of Being and Time comes a note in which Heidegger affirms that the orientation about care as the being of Dasein (§41) arose in the context of the interpretation of Augustinian anthropology and the foundations obtained by the analysis of Aristotelian ontology. Why such a mention and why is it placed precisely after proving the pre-ontological origin of care as the being of Dasein? Assuming such problem, this paper does not aim only at offering a reading key that justifies such note, but at presenting the importance of the factical and pre-ontological aspects presented, respectively, in Book X of The Confessions of Augustine and in the fable of Hyginus for Heidegger's elaboration of care as an ontological category. For this purpose, three lecture courses will be assumed, especially: Augustine and Neo-Platonism (1921), which will make it possible to perceive the always factical aspect of care, thus evidencing the historical enactment perspective of the hermeneutics of facticity; Phenomenological Interpretations of Aristotle (1921/1922), which will make it possible to understand the idea of “ontological category” as a first formulation of what, in Being and Time, will be the existentials; and History of the concept of time: prolegomena (1925), which will allow us to realize that care is about being and not having, therefore, that it is not a possession of Dasein, but a condition of its existence. Finally, after justifying the importance of different aspects for care as an ontological category, it will be understood why the ontological interpretation differs from both others.

The (Con)Text of a Footnote: Heidegger and the Factical and Pre-Ontological Aspects of Care

Phainomenon

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Right after the presentation of Hyginus’s fable in §42 of Being and Time comes a note in which Heidegger affirms that the orientation about care as the being...

The (Con)Text of a Footnote: Heidegger and the Factical and Pre-Ontological Aspects of Care

Published Online: Oct 26, 2021

Page range: 83 - 102

Received: Sep 09, 2020

Accepted: Nov 30, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2021-0006

Keywords
care, factical life, fundamental ontology,

© 2021 Luís Gabriel Provinciatto, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

The (Con)Text of a Footnote: Heidegger and the Factical and Pre-Ontological Aspects of Care

Published Online: Oct 26, 2021

Page range: 83 - 102

Received: Sep 09, 2020

Accepted: Nov 30, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2021-0006

Keywordscare, factical life, fundamental ontology,

© 2021 Luís Gabriel Provinciatto, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Keywords
care, factical life, fundamental ontology,