{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252 {\fonttbl {\f1\fswiss\fcharset0\fprq0 Arial;} } {\colortbl; \red0\green0\blue0; } {\stylesheet {\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033\level1 heading 1;} {\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\level2 heading 2;} {\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\level3 heading 3;} {\s4\li900\fi-180\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs24\ppscheme-1\lang1033\level4 heading 4;} {\s5\li1260\fi-180\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs20\ppscheme-1\lang1033\level5 heading 5;} {\s6\li1620\fi-180\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs20\ppscheme-1\lang1033\level6 heading 6;} } \pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 Martin Heidegger, 1889-1976\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\plain\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs32 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs32\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\i\hich\af1\loch\f1 Sein und Zeit}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 (1927). Translated as }{\i\hich\af1\loch\f1 Being and Time}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 by John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1978). \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\b\i\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs24 The Origin of the Work of Art }{\b\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs24 first draft 1935, revised off and on until 1960, (cup by Gailan Ngan)}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 Origin and Essence\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\loch\af1\hich\f1 \'93}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 Origin}{\loch\af1\hich\f1 \'94}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 means that from and by which something is as it is, i.e. the source of its essence or nature.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 The usual view is that the origin of the work of art is the activity of the artist.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 But the work first lets the artist emerge as a master: it is the origin of the artist.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 And work and artist both }{\b\hich\af1\loch\f1 are}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 by virtue of art. [Here he sounds like Plato! But he will turn against Plato later.]\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 Only a word?\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 Art is only a word to which nothing real corresponds. [This is an anti-Platonic position. Heidegger is only }{\i\hich\af1\loch\f1 considering }{\hich\af1\loch\f1 this position, not supporting it: note the question he raises below.]\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 It may [just] be a collective idea for what is alone real in art: works and artists.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 And if it means more than this it still exists only on the basis of what is real in art: works and artists.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs40 Or do works of art and artists exist only because art does?\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 Art is present in the artwork.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 What and how is a work of art? \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 The Circle\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li480\fi-480 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs24 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs24\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs24 There is a logical circle here: what art is is inferable from the work of art, and what the work of art is is inferable from the nature of art.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s4\li900\fi-180\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs24\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li1080\fi-360 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs20 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs20\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs20 The ordinary view is to avoid the circle and compare actual art works.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s4\li900\fi-180\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs24\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li1080\fi-360 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs20 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs20\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs20 But how do we know that they are art works?\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li480\fi-480 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 The nature of art cannot be derived from higher concepts.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li480\fi-480 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs24 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs24\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs24 So we must follow the circle: which is the strength and feast of thought, if thinking is a craft. [Nietzsche?]\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li480\fi-480 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs24 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs24\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs24 Let us go to the actual work and ask how it is. \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 The Thingly Character of Art\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li480\fi-480 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs32 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs32\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 Works of art are familiar: architecture and sculpture are as naturally present as ordinary things.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 For example they can travel from place to place.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li480\fi-480 {\pntext\pard\plain\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs32 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs32\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 All works have this thingly character, and we enjoy that aspect in enjoying the work.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\plain\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 For example, there is something stony in a work of stone architecture: it is "in stone."\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs32 One view is that the artwork is something over and above the thingly element. }{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs40 \line \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 On this view, this something else is its artistic nature.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 The work makes public something other: it is an allegory or symbol of something else.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 On this view the thingly element is like the substructure upon which the authentic element is built: it is what the artist makes with handicraft. [Collingwood?]\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 We can only find real art within the work if we arrive at the immediate and full reality of the work, and so we must know what a thing is.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\b\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs32 But what is a thing? What is the thing-being of a thing?\line \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs32 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs32\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs32 What is the sphere of entities which we have called "thing}{\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs32 \'93}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs32 ?\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs32 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs32\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs32 \'93}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs32 Things}{\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs32 \'94}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs32 include a stone in the road, a jug, milk, water, cloud, even things that do not appear, e.g. God.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs32 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs32\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs32 All things that are are called things.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs40 Airplanes and radio sets are among the things that are closest to us.\line \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 [Yet we also say that] death and judgment are ultimate things.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 "Thing" here means whatever is not nothing.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 But this concept is useless to us here: it includes a work of art, God, a man. \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 Yet we hesitate to call God, peasant, man, or deer, a thing.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 We sooner think of a hammer as a thing, and a stone or clod as a mere thing.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs40 }{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs32 [How we Westerners think of things depends on] the way Western thought has thought [about] the Being of beings.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li640\fi-640 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li640\fi-640 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 The dominant view has been that a thing is made of matter and form. [Aristotle]\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li640\fi-640 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 This view derives from the equipmental being of equipment. [equipment: any useful object, like a pot, a hat, or a cellphone]\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li640\fi-640 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 And equipment is familiar to human thinking.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs32 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs32\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 [Yet] equipment is someplace between thing and work.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs32 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs32\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 We will search for the equipmental character of equipment.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs32 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs32\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 Let's not make thing and work prematurely into subspecies of equipment. \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs40 How shall we discover what a piece of equipment is truly?\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li480\fi-480 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 Let's just describe some equipment without any philosophy.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li480\fi-480 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 We choose a pair of peasant shoes to describe.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs24 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs24\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs24 A picture will do: one of Van Gogh's paintings of shoes.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li480\fi-480 {\pntext\pard\plain\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 Shoes consist of certain matter formed to meet certain functions.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\plain\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs24 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs24\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs24 Matter and form of the shoes will differ depending on use.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 Vincent van Gogh, }{\i\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 A Pair of Shoes,}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 1885\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 Vincent Van Gogh, }{\i\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 Shoes, }{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 1888}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 Vincent van Gogh,}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 }{\i\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 Three Pairs of Shoes}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 , Paris, December 1886,\line Oil on Canvas\line \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs36 We know that the equipmental quality of the shoes depends on its usefulness.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 But we should look at the equipment in its use: the peasant woman wears the shoes in the fields.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s4\li900\fi-180\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs24\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li1080\fi-360 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs24 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs24\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 Only here they are what they are: more genuinely so the less she thinks of them.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 It is in the process of use that we actually encounter the equipmental nature of equipment.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 In the painting they are just peasant shoes, and yet}{\loch\af1\hich\f1 \'85}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 Vincent van Gogh, }{\i\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 The Head of a Peasant Woman}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 , \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 Vincent van Gogh,}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 }{\i\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 Potato eaters}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 , final version, 1885\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 Vincent van Gogh, Peasant Man and Woman Planting Potatoes\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs32 The tread of the worker stares forth, the tenacity of her trudge, the loneliness of the field-path.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 In the shoes vibrates the silent call of the earth, its quiet gift, its self-refusal.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 The equipment is pervaded by anxiety, joy, trembling, and shivering of life. \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 Vincent van Gogh, }{\i\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 Two Peasant Women Digging in a Snow-Covered Field at Sunset}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 , 1890}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\i\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 The green vineyard}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 }{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 1888? Next detail }{\i\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 The Red Vineyard}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs18 1888\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 Equipment, earth, and world\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 The equipment belongs to the earth \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\plain\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\b\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 [}{\b\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'93}{\b\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 earth}{\b\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'94}{\b\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 means the surrounding natural environment, especially the land upon which we live, but also the existential reality of life, with its highly charged emotional character] }{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 }{\b\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 and is protected in the world\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 [ }{\b\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'93}{\b\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 world}{\b\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'94}{\b\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 means the entire structure of meaningful relations that constitute our experience as human beings}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 ] of the peasant woman\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 From this protected belonging the equipment rises to [its essence] its resting-within-itself.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 Patrick Lakey, }{\i\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 Heidegger: Hut, Todtnauberg, Black Forest, Germany, }{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs16 2005.\line \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 Heidegger at his hut.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 Heidegger in the Woods\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs24 One contemporary artist often associated with Heidegger is Andy Goldsworthy\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs32 Perhaps this is only in the painting, and in reality she simply wears the shoes. \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 No, not so simple. \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 In using the shoes she knows [her experience of the shoes] without noticing. \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 The equipmental quality of the shoes lies in its usefulness, which itself rests in the abundance of an essential being of the equipment: its "reliability." \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs24 Through this, she hears the silent call of the earth [through it she can relate to the natural world and her existential situation], and is sure of her world.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 World and earth exist for her }{\loch\af1\hich\f1 \'93}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 only}{\loch\af1\hich\f1 \'94}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 in the equipment.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 The reliability of the equipment gives the simple world is security, and the earth the freedom of its steady thrust. \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 The equipmental being of equipment is reliability, and usefulness is the essential consequence of that, and vibrates in it [?].\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs28 As the use becomes disuse, becomes usual, the equipmentality becomes mere stuff, and reliability vanishes.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 Ordinary things of use owe their boring usualness to this dwindling.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 This usualness, this blank usefulness, seems the equipment}{\loch\af1\hich\f1 \'92}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 s sole mode of being.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 Then it is thought [wrongly] that equipment is mere impression of form on matter. [Aristotle}{\loch\af1\hich\f1 \'92}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 s view.]\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 But matter and form and their distinction have a deeper origin: only in its reliability do we see what equipment in truth is.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs32 We have learned something unwittingly about the work-being of the work.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li920\fi-560 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 The equipmental quality of the shoes was discovered only by bringing ourselves before Van Gogh's painting: it spoke.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li920\fi-560 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 It let us know what shoes are in truth.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li920\fi-560 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 We did not project our description subjectively onto the painting.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s4\li900\fi-180\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs24\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li1200\fi-480 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs24 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs24\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 We probably experienced too little and expressed our experience too crudely.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li920\fi-560 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 The equipmentality first genuinely arrives at its appearance through the work [of art].\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs40 Van Gogh's painting discloses what the equipment }{\i\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs40 is}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs40 in truth.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s2\li270\fi-270\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs32\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li480\fi-480 {\hich\af1\loch\f1 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\plain\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 The shoes emerge into unconcealedness of their being [Their reality becomes apparent]\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\plain\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 There is here a happening of truth at work.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\plain\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 The truth of an entity has set itself to work: it stands in the light of its being.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\plain\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 The being of the being comes into the steadiness of its shining.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s1\qc\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs44\ppscheme-3\lang1033 {\b\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs40 The nature of art is the truth of beings setting itself to work.}{\hich\af1\loch\f1\fs40 \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 It does not have to do with the beautiful, even though these are called fine arts. \par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 This is not a revival of the theory that art is imitation of reality.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s4\li900\fi-180\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs24\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li1080\fi-360 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs24 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs24\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 Yes, reproduction requires agreement with actual being.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s4\li900\fi-180\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs24\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li1080\fi-360 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs24 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs24\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 But Van Gogh}{\loch\af1\hich\f1 \'92}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 s painting need not depict a pair of actually existing peasant shoes.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s4\li900\fi-180\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs24\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li1080\fi-360 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs24 \'95\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs24\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'95}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 And it is not art simply if it does so successfully.\par }\pard\plain\ltrpar\s3\li585\fi-225\loch\af1\hich\af1\fs28\ppscheme-1\lang1033\li780\fi-420 {\pntext\pard\loch\af1\hich\f1\fs28 \'96\tab}{\*\pn\pnlvlblt\pnf1\pnfs28\pnscheme-1{\pntxtb \'96}}{\hich\af1\loch\f1 It is, rather, the production of the thing's general essence \par } }