years ago, struggling through the glossaries
at the end of the Macquarrie/Robinson translation,
studying for comps, the following came to me.
I thought of several more stanzas, one for each division
of B&T, but I passed the exam and went on to other things ...
A is Anxiety, quite authentic, it seems
B is for Being, and being-There, our Themes
C is for Care, that's Being-in-the-World
D is for Dasein: that's You, Baby!
E is Equipment, for just about anything
F is for Falling, away from itself
G is the Ground; it lets things be seen
H is for Heidegger; hadn't you guessed?
I's Inconspicuous, just Present-at-Hand
J is Just-already-alongside of itself
K is for Keine, that's keine kleine Nachtlesung
L is for Language, which s p e a k s u s (no kidding!)
M is the Mode--of Being (what's yours?)
N are the Nobody--or are they the "they"?
O is Ontology, at which we're quite diligent
P's the Phenomenon, Being Uncovered
Q is the Question, of Being, that is
R's Ready-to-hand, just waiting for use
S is for Sein, Seins of the Times
T's Temporality, at the root of it all
U is Uncovered--Oh yes You is!
V is Verstehen--do you Understand?
W is the Worldhood--of the World where we Be
X Xistential--or Xistentiel?
Andrew Porter, aporter@xxxxxxxxx
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