Bento Silva SANTOS

The human being as a speaking being. Heidegger’s appropriation of Aristotle’s distinction on the fundamental modes of λόγον ἔχον (having language)

O ser humano como um ente que fala. A apropriação heideggeriana da distinção de Aristóteles sobre os modos fundamentais do λόγον ἔχον (ter a linguagem)

Published in Languages and Cultures in Tradition

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The article deals with Heidegger’s appropriation of Aristotle’s distinction of the fundamental modes of λόγον ἔχον (“having language”), as outlined by the Stagirite in Book VI, Chapter 2 of “Nicomachean Ethics”. In this sense, I emphasize, firstly, an aspect of the “scientific” part of the soul regarding the genesis of wisdom; secondly, I stress the importance of the distinction between wisdom and technique in relation to the growing epistemological autonomy of technique; thirdly, I comment on the difference in levels of understanding between experience and technique. Finally, I conclude with reflections on the increasingly autonomous character of saying within doing, based on a brief comparison of technique and science.