allgemein

général
universal

Literalmente: o que é comum (gemein) a todos (all) (N.T.). (Casanova; GFOposi:263)


Universal, Universality (allgemein, Allgemeinheit, universal, Universalität), 2-4, 38-39, 156, 177-178, 251, 278, 280, 395, 417, 434 (Hegel); transcendental u. of being, 3, 14, 38-39, 199-200, 208; validity, 156, 205 n. 15, 227, 395. See also Concept; Existentials; Genus; Individualization; Jeweiligkeit; Transcendentals (BTJS)


Authentic Dasein discloses a concrete “situation,” while an inauthentic one knows only the “general circumstances” (allgemeine Lage, SZ 300). The possibilities articulated publicly by the anyone are general. The inauthentic shoemaker responds to solicitations that any shoemaker in general could take up. (WCHL)


These praedicabilia are also called universalia. The precise distinction consists in the fact that universale means: unum quod est in pluribus, as opposed to praedicabile: unum quod de pluribus praedicatur. Hence the question of whether the general actually exists in the things or is only the generality of apprehending thought (Realism – Nominalism). This question also has its origin in determinate concrete contexts of Greek philosophy, or better in scholastic misunderstandings thereof. (GA18:16-17)