Stein’s fiction anticipates Heidegger’s ontological difference between beings and Being

Evidence

Heidegger would have disliked Stein’s imprecision, but he might have appreciated the sight of a writer stretching language to its utmost to avoid the dulling effect of ordinary perceptions. He might also have recognised that her distinction between characters and the ‘being’ in them foreshadows his own notion of the ontological difference. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 209

Categorization

• XREF: Reinforces the theme from chapter 2 of phenomenology arising in parallel with modernist art/literature. — connects to: The ontological difference distinguishes specific entities from the Being they have.; The being of appearances may differ in kind from appearances of being — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 121; Heidegger’s ontological difference separates beings from Being itself — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 197 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The ontological difference distinguishes specific entities from the Being they have. #expands (0.95)
• The being of appearances may differ in kind from appearances of being #complicates (0.70) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 121