Reddit mentions of The Ever-Present Origin, Part One: Foundations of the Aperspectival World and Part Two: Manifestations of the Aperspectival World

Haven't read it, but I've encountered the work numerous times through other authors (Like Bill Thompson) who've commented on it. Overall I have to say it's a pretty limited view, but there's a glimmer of truth in it about the differences in consciousness in early human societies and modern. In short, the evidence he discovers is impressive and intriguing, but his thesis about it is narrow.

To balance out the view I recommend Bill Thompson's Coming Into Being: Artifacts and Texts in the Evolution of Consciousness, Jean Gebser's [Ever-Present Origin](http://www.amazon.com/Ever-Present-Origin-Part-Aperspectival-International/dp/0821407694/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318086741&sr=1-1](Ever-Present Origin).

So, who else do you think is worth reading? It would be great to have some good audiobooks while I'm away in the country-side. I love listening to audiobooks while I go for a walk.

I think probably Marshall McLuhan has some good ideas. He came up with the phrase The medium is the message describing how media itself is culture shaping.

I just came across this today - "The Ever-Present Origin" by Jean Gebser . I've only watched the first 6 minutes so far, but apparently he has similarities to Spengler with his historical ontological, metaphysical analysis.

Anyway, just to get back to Heidegger briefly and why I think he's so good. Heidegger doesn't have the same emphasis on psychology as Nietzsche and certainly doesn't have Nietzsche's passion. But, I was thinking about if you can get immoralism from him and he does have something similar here -

> That entity which in its Being has this very Being as an issue, comports itself towards its Being as its ownmost pos­sibility. In each case Dasein is its possibility, and it 'has' this possibility, but not just as a property [eigenschaftlich] , as something present-at-hand would.

Comporting oneself towards one's being is similar to Life affirmation. As stated this is not a present-at-hand mode of being, meaning this is dynamic affirmation similar to Nietzsche’s Becoming. Dasein can never be present-at-hand anyway, he's just stating things that way because the quote is near the beginning of the book.

But, where Heidegger's psychology is strongest concerns personal identity. He goes in to dense technical detail detaching the individual from everything deemed to be external involving the "Subject" and then puts you back in to the world with his holistic, unitary being-in-the-world.

So, while I think you can get most of the things Heidegger talks about from Nietzsche, meaning Heidegger is coherent within Nietzsche's work, it's the different perspective on things and the really in-depth analysis where he's strongest and most helpful.

Also, are you going to start a new sub? There are loads of things I come across that I just don't ever post because there isn't an appropriate sub for it.

EDIT: found a review of The Ever-Present Origin HERE by John David Ebert. He's the guy that did the Spengler videos on youtube.