Heidegger a problem istoty metafizyki

Abstract

The aim of the analyses in this article is to show the fundamental principles of Heidegger’s understanding of the essence of every possible metaphysics. Apart from the principles it shares with the classical conception of metaphysics, Heidegger’s metaphysics has two other specific principles. The first states that every thing-that-is (Seiende) becomes accessible as such only in the light of being. The second assumes that being itself is originally accessible only in the shape of nonentity. His two assumptions appear to be rooted in the metaphorical idea of being as light. This is a very suggestive idea. On careful examination, however, it turns out to be wrong and deceptive. Hence the real value of Heidegger’s conception of the essence of every possible metaphysics appears to be open to question.