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fortgewähren

A term coined by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in his novel Elective Affinities by combining gewähren and fortwähren, fortgewähren means "to grant permanently." Heidegger uses this invention as a way of connecting "essence" in the sense of "that which endures" with "granting."

See page 336.

• 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