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Heidegger's Greek Words, Terms, and Quotations: ο omicron

ὄν

Reality; beings;

ὄν ᾗ ὄν

Beings as beings (traditionally, "being qua being," but here the ontological difference—beings vs. Being—applies).

ὄν καθόλου, ἀκρότατον, θεῖον

"The totality of beings as such in the sense of the highest and therefore divine being" (quoted directly from Heidegger: Introduction to "What Is Metaphysics?" (1943), trans. Walter Kaufmann, in Pathmarks, ed. William McNeill, Cambridge University Press, 1998, p. 287).

ὄν καθόλου, κοινόν

"The totality of beings as such with an eye to their most universal traits" (quoted directly from Heidegger: Introduction to "What Is Metaphysics?" (1943), trans. Walter Kaufmann, in Pathmarks, ed. William McNeill, Cambridge University Press, 1998, p. 287).

οὐσία

Beingness, in the sense of beings—not Being.

οὐχὶ ἐμώρανεν ὁ θεὸς τὴν σοφίαν τοῦ κόσμου

"Has not God let the wisdom of this world become foolishness?" (I Corinthians 1:20) (quoted directly from Heidegger: Introduction to "What Is Metaphysics?" (1943), trans. Walter Kaufmann, in Pathmarks, ed. William McNeill, Cambridge University Press, 1998, p. 288).