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causa

Causa is the source of the English word "cause," "that which brings something about." Heidegger contrasts this concept with the Greek concept of aition, "that to which something else is indebted."

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