Book contents
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Series page
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Using the Lexicon
- Chronology of Martin Heidegger
- Abbreviations for Heidegger’s Works
- A
- B
- C
- 32. Care (Sorge)
- 33. Certainty (Gewissheit)
- 34. Circumspection (Umsicht)
- 35. Clearing (Lichtung)
- 36. Closeness (Nähe)
- 37. Cognition (Erkenntnis)
- 38. Communication (Mitteilung)
- 39. Comportment (Verhalten, or Verhaltung)
- 40. Concept (Begriff)
- 41. Confrontation (Auseinandersetzung)
- 42. Conscience (Gewissen)
- 43. Consciousness (Bewusstsein)
- 44. Constancy (Ständigkeit)
- 45. Constitution (Konstitution)
- 46. Constitution (Verfassung)
- 47. Context (Zusammenhang)
- 48. Coping (Umgang)
- 49. Correspondence (Entsprechung)
- 50. Curiosity (Neugier)
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
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- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
46. - Constitution (Verfassung)
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Series page
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Using the Lexicon
- Chronology of Martin Heidegger
- Abbreviations for Heidegger’s Works
- A
- B
- C
- 32. Care (Sorge)
- 33. Certainty (Gewissheit)
- 34. Circumspection (Umsicht)
- 35. Clearing (Lichtung)
- 36. Closeness (Nähe)
- 37. Cognition (Erkenntnis)
- 38. Communication (Mitteilung)
- 39. Comportment (Verhalten, or Verhaltung)
- 40. Concept (Begriff)
- 41. Confrontation (Auseinandersetzung)
- 42. Conscience (Gewissen)
- 43. Consciousness (Bewusstsein)
- 44. Constancy (Ständigkeit)
- 45. Constitution (Konstitution)
- 46. Constitution (Verfassung)
- 47. Context (Zusammenhang)
- 48. Coping (Umgang)
- 49. Correspondence (Entsprechung)
- 50. Curiosity (Neugier)
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A constitution is the composition or make-up of a thing, the structure in virtue of which it possesses its character. When Heidegger discusses the “constitution” (Verfassung) of some entity, what he means is the ontological constitution (ontologische Verfassung) or being-constitution (Seinsverfassung) of that entity.
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- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon , pp. 186 - 187Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021