Quote: authentic Dasein has no absolute, defining commitments; commitments only as long as the Situation demands that commitment

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And, of course, on Heidegger's account, unlike Kierkegaard's, … [of faith] is not required to save the self from despair. Readiness … … authentic Dasein, by soberly facing the impossibility of … grief. Thus authentic Dasein understands even long-range commitments … Situation keeps showing up as demanding that commitment. … [Dasein] simply cannot become rigid as regards the Situation, but must … open and free for the current factical possibility. … it back. [Being and Time] (355)[307-308].   Google-1   Google-2

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