Silence
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The Relationship Between Silence and Discourse
I was really struck by something you mentioned earlier in your initial description of the debate performance that you did, which was that the audience immediately understood what you and your debate partner were trying to do. And I think that that is really an interesting way of thinking about the relation between silence and discourse. Heidegger says that authentic silence is possible only in genuine discourse. We need to have something to say, deep understanding even, but choose to keep what we have to say, silent in order to authentically be silent.
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