Death is the possibility of the absolute impossibility of Dasein.
Source: tatoeba (709204)
Dasein
//dɑː.zʌɪn//
Synonyms for "dasein" (2 found)
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Translations
11 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 此在 noun (philosophy: hereness)
- 緣在 /缘在 noun (philosophy: hereness)
Dutch
1 entries- daarzijn noun (philosophy: hereness)
Finnish
2 entries- Dasein noun (philosophy: hereness)
- olemistapa noun (philosophy: hereness)
French
1 entries- dasein noun (philosophy: hereness)
German
1 entries- Dasein noun (philosophy: hereness)
Japanese
1 entries- 現存在 noun (philosophy: hereness)
Occitan
1 entries- dasein noun (philosophy: hereness)
Russian
2 entries- даза́йн noun (philosophy: hereness)
- прису́тствие noun (philosophy: hereness)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
In order to remain silent Dasein must have something to say.
Source: tatoeba (709205)
Hereness (Dasein) might be perhaps be called more expediently, Now-Being (Jetztsein), ...
Source: wiktionary
Even in its failure, National Socialism refused to allow the question of Being to become the overt and pervasive question of Germany. It ensured that Dasein would either quickly find itself in its everydayness in the task of the reconstruction of an occupied Germany or not find itself, in death.
Source: wiktionary
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