A closer look at the Five Aspects of Humanity. Existence, or rather the reason for existence. Why are we here? Why do we exist as humans? What makes us be? These are only just a few of the questions the existentialist philosophers both old and new have been trying to figure out. Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Heidegger all share the same purpose, which is to find the purpose of why the individual exists. Each one of these philosophers with a radically different views and solutions. Kierkegaard with the aesthetic, ethical, and the religious life, Nietzsche with the statement of that out suffering defines us as well as the journey to find oneself with the separation of god and the self. Finally Heidegger with his Five Aspects of Humanity or Daesin’s
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These 5 things define humanity. First, social as Aristotle stated a long time ago we humans are social creatures. We live among our same species and interact with those of different species in a small or large community (Thune). Heidegger believes that being social is being human and being non-social is to be non-human. Absorbed refers to how Heidegger thinks that all humans are absorbed into their “average everydayness.” (Thune) More or less referring to how humans relatively see things in terms of functionality. Then comes socialized, here Heidegger thinks that there is a high degree of socialization that affects how we live our lives. Heidegger thinks that is what other people think and do that molds us to live out life a certain way. Next, is “Thrown” what Heidegger means by “thrown” is that we are thrown into our existence. We were never asked if we wanted to be born, we simply find ourselves existing, which was not of our choosing. Finally there is finite, which is more or less mortality. We as humans know that we are not immortal and that our death is inevitable and could happen at any …show more content…
I also do agree with Heidegger on his aspects because it does seem that we all share these “existential characteristics” and if we don’t then we are inhuman or non-human. For example social, Heidegger states that being social is being human and being non-social is non-human (Thune) and we do see this in murders or criminals or ones that were not appropriately socialized. We tend to see the socio and psychopathic killers as non-human because of their ease and comfort in hurting and or killing other people. Many people blame the development of these characteristics on poor or absent socialization. In conclusion, Heidegger choose to define the human being and its existence with his Five Aspects of Humanity or Daesin’s existential structure to try and figure out what makes us human beings. What characteristics do all humans share that make us…us? Like many past philosophers, Heidegger took on the ever so daunting task of defining what it means to be and the reason of why we are livng on this world. Why we were thrust into this burden of living in a world we had no choice on, to live a life we had no choice
These 5 things define humanity. First, social as Aristotle stated a long time ago we humans are social creatures. We live among our same species and interact with those of different species in a small or large community (Thune). Heidegger believes that being social is being human and being non-social is to be non-human. Absorbed refers to how Heidegger thinks that all humans are absorbed into their “average everydayness.” (Thune) More or less referring to how humans relatively see things in terms of functionality. Then comes socialized, here Heidegger thinks that there is a high degree of socialization that affects how we live our lives. Heidegger thinks that is what other people think and do that molds us to live out life a certain way. Next, is “Thrown” what Heidegger means by “thrown” is that we are thrown into our existence. We were never asked if we wanted to be born, we simply find ourselves existing, which was not of our choosing. Finally there is finite, which is more or less mortality. We as humans know that we are not immortal and that our death is inevitable and could happen at any …show more content…
I also do agree with Heidegger on his aspects because it does seem that we all share these “existential characteristics” and if we don’t then we are inhuman or non-human. For example social, Heidegger states that being social is being human and being non-social is non-human (Thune) and we do see this in murders or criminals or ones that were not appropriately socialized. We tend to see the socio and psychopathic killers as non-human because of their ease and comfort in hurting and or killing other people. Many people blame the development of these characteristics on poor or absent socialization. In conclusion, Heidegger choose to define the human being and its existence with his Five Aspects of Humanity or Daesin’s existential structure to try and figure out what makes us human beings. What characteristics do all humans share that make us…us? Like many past philosophers, Heidegger took on the ever so daunting task of defining what it means to be and the reason of why we are livng on this world. Why we were thrust into this burden of living in a world we had no choice on, to live a life we had no choice