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Ursache

Ursache can be translated as "cause." In redefining the traditional model of causality, Heidegger associates this word with the Latin causa, "that which brings something about," and contrasts both 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