Sunday, January 5, 2014

While writing the line "Further, this way of thinking offers...", it occurred to me how I used to take 'way of thinking' as a 'manner of thinking'. But as I work through Heidegger's What Is Called Thinking, I now also hear 'way of thinking' as saying: path of thinking. A way of thinking is not merely a manner of thinking, but it is also a course of thinking.

Somewhat relatedly, but also distant, is the phrase 'of course'. "Of course I think that is best." 'Of course' meaning 'obviously', but also 'of the path', 'of the way', 'of the way things move or flow'.

I say "relatedly, but also distant," because, of course, that which is a way of thinking is not always obvious.





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