The Ontology of Becoming and the Ethics of Particularity

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The Ontology of Becoming and The Ethics of Particularity S E R I E S I N C O N T I N E N T A L T H O U G H T E d it o r ia l Bo a r d Ted Toadvine, Chairman, University of Oregon Elizabeth A. Behnke, Study Project in Phenomenology of the Body David Carr, Emory University James Dodd, New School University Lester Embree, Florida Atlantic University José Huertas-Jourda, Wilfrid Laurier University† Joseph J. Kockelmans, Pennsylvania State University William R. McKenna, Miami University Algis Mickunas, Ohio University J. N. Mohanty, Temple University Dermot Moran, University College Dublin Thomas Nenon, University of Memphis Rosemary Rizo-Patron de Lerner, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima Thomas M. Seebohm, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz Gail Soffer, Rome, Italy Elizabeth Ströker, Universität Köln† Nicolas de Warren, Wellesley College Richard M. Zaner, Vanderbilt University In t e r n a t io n a l Ad v is o r y Board Suzanne Bachelard, Université de Paris† Rudolf Boehm, Rijksuniversiteit Gent Albert Borgmann, University of Montana Amedeo Giorgi, Saybrook Institute Richard Grathoff, Universität Bielefeld Samuel Ijsseling, Husserl-Archief te Leuven Alphonso Lingis, Pennsylvania State University Werner Marx, Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg† David Rasmussen, Boston College John Sallis, Boston College John Scanlon, Duquesne University Hugh J. Silverman, State University of New York, Stony Brook Carlo Sini, Università di Milano Jacques Taminiaux, Louvain-la-Neuve D. Lawrence Wieder† Dallas Willard, University of Southern California The Ontology of Becoming and The Ethics of Particularity .................................. m. c. Dillon Edited by Lawrence Hass Oh i o U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s /  A t he n s Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701 ohioswallow.com© 2012 by Ohio University Press All rights reserved To obtain permission to quote, reprint, or otherwise reproduce or distribute material from Ohio University Press publications, please contact our rights and permissions department at (740) 593-1154 or (740) 593-4536 (fax). Printed in the United States of America Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper ƒ 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dillon, M. C. (Martin C.), 1938–2005. [Art, truth, and illusion] The ontology of becoming ; and, The ethics of particularity / M.C. Dillon ; edited by Lawrence Hass. p. cm. — (Series in Continental thought) Includes bibliographical references (p. 221) and index. ISBN 978-0-8214-1999-1 (hc : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8214-4415-3 (electronic) 1. Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844–1900. 2. Ontology. 3. Becoming (Philosophy) 4. Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908–1961. 5. Ethics. 6. Intersubjectivity. I. Hass, Lawrence. II. Dillon, M. C. (Martin C.), 1938– 2005. Ethics of particularity. III. Title. B3318.O5D55 2012 193—dc23 2011043452 Dedicated to all of Mike Dillon’s students near and far, and to the memory of Keith Nintzel ...