Oct 20, 2008 11:23
15 yrs ago
German term

absolut Seidendes

German to English Art/Literary Philosophy Phenomenology
This term appears a few times in the text, along with "Seiendes". Do they both mean "being" or is there a difference in the sense that I am not understanding?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 absolut sicher ein Tippfehler

Discussion

hazmatgerman (X) Oct 22, 2008:
Tippfehler II If both spellings however appear in the same file I'm clueless. Best.
hazmatgerman (X) Oct 22, 2008:
Tippfehler Easily explained. If spellcheck found first occurrence as "Seiendes" and suggested correction "Seidendes", with "autocorrect all occurences", it would be wrong everywhere.
Mary Watson (asker) Oct 20, 2008:
Yes, Milan! Yes, I think this is a typo, but why it appears so many times in the text and then "Seiendes" as well. This text is overall a pure mess, so I guess this is just another part of it. Thanks for all your confirmations!
Ingeborg Gowans (X) Oct 20, 2008:
w/ Helen: since the field is philosophy "Seiendes" wouldmake more sense here. Please provide full sentence/paragraph for clarification
Helen Shiner Oct 20, 2008:
My immediate thought is that it is a typo, but it would be wisest to see a sample sentence so we can be sure.

Proposed translations

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Selected

absolut sicher ein Tippfehler

Mit dem *d* ist es (grammatikalisch und inhaltlich) absolut unsinnig.

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Note added at 1 Stunde (2008-10-20 13:07:26 GMT)
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Ich bleibe dabei. "die Welt im Ganzen" ist "alles Seiende". (Habe Hegel, Heidegger, Husserl etc. - in Deutsch - gelesen, die Sprache kommt aus der Richtung.) -----
"alles Seidende" ist Unsinn. ----- Viel Spaß weiterhin!
Note from asker:
Yes, I agree, and the first time it appeared in the text I assumed it was also a typo. But it is repeated several times thereafter. Here is a sample sentence: Wo das Göttliche als das Unbedingte und das Heilige in den Blick ge¬kommen ist, da wird andererseits gleichsam im Rückstoß davon alles Seidende der Welt, die Welt im Ganzen und insbesondere der Mensch selber in allem, was irgendwie zu ihm gehört, davon betroffen, und zwar absolut davon betroffen, als absolut abhängig.
Peer comment(s):

agree gangels (X) : Ja, Tippfehler, also corroborated by the second part of the sentence given
3 hrs
agree hazmatgerman (X) : And see explanation for typo above.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Yes, definitely a typo! Thanks for the input"
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