La natura «antepredicativa» dell’evento

Although the term vorprädikativ is only occasionally employed by Heidegger, it qualifies a central topic of his thinking from mid to late 1920s: the dimension of truth, both in its ontic and ontological meaning. Despite this specific use of the term, I will argue that even the more originary dimension of the truth of Being, that is the focus of Heidegger’s later thinking of Ereignis, can be defined as «pre-predicative» in various ways. In one sense, Being as Logos can be characterised as pre-predicative because it is neither predicative-assertive logos nor the possible object of theoretical assertions. Second, and more importantly, Being is pre-predicative in the sense that it is pre-linguistic. This specific status refers to a triple aspect: a) the meaning of Being is associated by Heidegger with the semantic field of voice (Stimme) and disposition (Stimmung); b) Being unfolds itself in a characteristic «lack of language» (Sprachlosigkeit); c) Being is the ground of language.