ABSTRACT In “The Question Concerning Technology,” Martin Heidegger argues that the essence of modern technology is a mode of disclosure that brings the world to a particular appearance. Through his understanding of essence, Heidegger develops a novel way to understand the impact of technology. In this essay, I use Heidegger’s understanding of essence to shed light on writing’s impact on the history of ontology, and specifically the historically dominant understanding of presence. For Heidegger, the essence of any phenomenon is tied to its own particular mode of disclosure. Using Heidegger’s understanding of essence alongside the work of Eric A. Havelock and Walter J. Ong, I exhibit the mode of disclosure proper to writing. I argue that writing discloses the being of entities and the world in terms of mere presence, which levels being down, and obscures a more fundamental sense of what it means to be. In closing, I argue for a “saving power” within the essence of writing. This saving power is literature and poetry, and I argue that although writing conceals some aspects of being, it also has the power to reveal a deeper sense of what it means to be through artistic production.

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写作的本质：存在中的交流披露中的技术差异

摘要在《关于技术的问题》一书中，马丁·海德格尔（Martin Heidegger）认为，现代技术的本质是一种将世界带入特定外观的公开方式。通过对本质的理解，海德格尔开发了一种新颖的方式来理解技术的影响。在本文中，我将利用海德格尔对本质的理解来阐明写作对本体论历史的影响，尤其是对存在的历史主导理解。对于海德格尔来说，任何现象的本质都与其自身特定的披露方式有关。结合海德格尔对本质的理解以及埃里克·哈夫洛克和沃尔特·J·昂格的作品，我展示了适合写作的公开模式。我认为写作是从纯粹存在的角度揭示了实体和世界的存在，而这种存在正在下降，并模糊了对它意味着什么的更基本的理解。最后，我主张在写作的本质上要有“拯救力量”。这种节省的力量是文学和诗歌，我认为，尽管写作掩盖了存在的某些方面，但它也具有揭示对艺术创作意义的更深刻理解的能力。