254
ZOLLIKON SEMINARS
a small spark of light here and there. At the same time, the talk about India showed me that my attempts do not remain totally isolated.
. . .
. . .
Sometimes I consider how the young doctors could be freed from their extreme involvement with their expertise and pure practice. But, of course, this case is not unique; the difficulty appears everywhere. It will continue to increase in the future with the overpowering predominance of the technical.
. . .
If you could—but only at your leisure—find out and share with me the Indian words for "ontological difference," that is, for "being" and "beings," for "unconcealedness" [Unverborgenhät] and "forgetfulness" [Vergessenheit], I would be very grateful.
. . .
. . .
You have not written when and where the Congress of Psychology will be. The theme is rather humorous, but perhaps it would be good if you gave the lecture. If the congress is only in summer or fall, we could best discuss it verbally. Or you might send me a preliminary sketch, and I could offer my comments on it.
First, it is not clear to me what "human motivations" means. Does it mean the human being as Ego, the motivating one, or the Ego within the human being otherwise still motivated? Are "human motivations" a medley of influences? Are causation and motivation distinguished from each other? Or is the fatal distinction between the conscious and the unconscious hidden behind this whole [excuse me] hodgepodge?
An excellent work by Heinrich Ott has been published by the Evangelical Publishing House in Zollikon: Thinking and Bang: The Path of Martin Heidegger and the Path of Theology [Denken und San: Der Weg Martin Heideggers und der Weg der Theologie].
. . .