Comunidad y tiempo: estar con aquellos que ya no están desde la metafísica de Eduardo Nicol

This paper launches a groundbreaking exploration of how Eduardo Nicol’s metaphysics paves the way for addressing the philosophical concern regarding the mode of being of those no longer. By engaging into a discussion of this topic which include contributions from Jan Patocka, Martin Heidegger, Emmanuel Levinas or Jacques Derrida, Nicol´s ideas are contextualized and integrated within this theoretical framework. Moreover, Nicol’s insights into community and temporality are introduced as key elements for addressing the philosophical problem by highlighting his recovery of different trends underlying phenomenology and existentialism. As outlined, his ontology of intersubjectivity opens new avenues for overcoming Heidegger’s individuation of Dasein as derived from his understanding of Sein-zum-Tod. In the same way, Nicol’s metaphysics of expression blurs the borders between past and present, illuminating the ontological grounds underlying the presence of those no longer there.