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aition

The word aition means "cause," "reason," and literally "that to which something else is indebted." In reformulating traditional philosophy's model of causality, Heidegger contrasts this Greek concept of causality, which emphasizes responsibility, with the Latin causa, which emphasizes effecting.

See page 314.

• Bestand
• fortgewähren
• fortwähren
• gewähren
• Gestell
• herausfordern
• Ursache
• währen
• Wesen

• aition
• apophainesthai
• eidos
• hyle
• legein
• logos
• telos

• causa
• causa efficiens
• causa finalis
• causa formalis
• causa materialis
• quid
• quidditas