wow that's awesome! I never actually studied philosophy, except
these few months in the Philosophy groups... and my exposure to
Heidegger is based solely upon:
a) my impression of Heidegger based upon what people said about
him there.
b) a short youtube video
c) a Wikipedia article.
It struck that I'd like his style, felt bad he believed he'd be
the Philosopher King (or as close as he could come), but I
understood how he thought that, and enjoyed his
conceptualization of Time and the nature of stuff, as far as my
limited reading gave me.
I never liked terms like fact or reality because it implies a
knowledge-of-all-sides of something, including inside and all
perspectives.
But it doesn't; a fact is only what's been unhidden, not the
totality by any means.
When I was teaching myself Russian years ago, (never became
fluent but it was fun) - I came across a
parable/analogy/metaphor from somebody that was inspirational.
The gist of it was that learning a language isn't adding facts
upon facts but rather an understanding that comes from looking
through a soot-covered window, with many many layers in front of
it.
At first, there is blackness. But as you clean the window, you
can see a little bit of light. It's not as black as it was
before.
And ongoing and ongoing - lighter and lighter, and strange
colors that are NOT related to the soot begin to appear until
you can see nothing of the glass anymore, but instead you see a
glimpse of what's BEHIND the glass.
And it's not much.. just a tiny peek. But it's enough to give
hope.
