Dr. J. Glenn Friesen

Herman Dooyeweerd: De Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee

© J. Glenn Friesen 2003.

Notes regarding WdW I, 11

1. Corresponds to NC I, 8

2. See previous discussion of 'aanzijn.'

3. The 'critical' questions of how knowledge is possible are transcendental questions of philosophy. They cannot be distinguished from the 'genetic.' I believe that this is another way of saying that our knowledge is not just towards an Origin, but from an Origin.

4. Our Origin is the source of the apriori conditions of knowledge.

5. Meaning refers to an Origin which is no longer meaning.The Origin does not refer to anything, but is self-sufficient.

6. Our thought comes to rest in the Origin, where the meaning of our questions ceases; philosophic thought come to its origin and is it set at rest.

See van Eeden, who says our' ikheid,' our selfhood has the desire for Rest and Unity [Redekunstige Grondslag, 61 #61] and he says that our reason is only an aid [hulpmiddel] to get us to where it can no longer exist, and where the raising of questions is no longer meaniingful. [63 #67]