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Poetry, language, thought

06/11/2001 00:00:00 Harper PerennialISBN:
  • 9780060937287
Subject(s): Summary: Essential reading for students and anyone interested in the great philosophers, this book opened up appreciation of Martin Heidegger beyond the confines of philosophy to the reaches of poetry. In Heidegger's thinking, poetry is not a mere amusement or form of culture but a force that opens up the realm of truth and brings man to the measure of his being and his world. The thinker as poet -- The origin of the work of art -- What are poets for? -- Building, dwelling, thinking -- The thing -- Language -- ' ... poetically man dwells ..

Essential reading for students and anyone interested in the great philosophers, this book opened up appreciation of Martin Heidegger beyond the confines of philosophy to the reaches of poetry. In Heidegger's thinking, poetry is not a mere amusement or form of culture but a force that opens up the realm of truth and brings man to the measure of his being and his world. The thinker as poet -- The origin of the work of art -- What are poets for? -- Building, dwelling, thinking -- The thing -- Language -- ' ... poetically man dwells ..