Λóγος, for the Greeks, is the “speaking” and at the same time the “spoken” – speaking in the basic function of ἀποφαίνεσθαι or δηλοῦν, “a bringing-a-matter-to-self-showing” in speaking about something. This speaking about something is its tendency toward speaking with others, self-expressing. In speaking with others and with myself, I bring what is addressed to givenness for me in such a way that I experience, in speaking, how the matter looks. Speaking is not a mere occurrence that occasionally takes place. This speaking about something with others is at the same time a self-expressing. These are inseparable structural aspects of the λóγος. Later we will have to consider this structure in order to show where that which is designated as speaking has its genuine home. [GA18:19]