1344. One has to be careful . . .

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One has to be careful to distinguish clearly between the metaphysical / ethical presuppositions and implications of a given self-understanding / understanding of existence and the metaphysical / ethical assumptions and consequences of some particular formulation of it. Just as a self-understanding / understanding of existence is one thing, its explicit formulation in particular concepts / terms, something else, so the necessary presuppositions and implications of a self-understanding / understanding of existence ought never to be confused with either the assumptions made in formulating it or the consequences that follow, given the concepts / terms employed in the formulation.

2 March 2009