Heidegger's Poetic Projection of Being
This book investigates the relationship between poetry and ontology in the works of Martin Heidegger. It explains the way in which Heidegger’s dialogue with poetry forms an essential step on the path of overcoming metaphysics and thinking the openness of
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Heidegger’s Poetic Projection of Being
Marius Johan Geertsema
Heidegger’s Poetic Projection of Being
Marius Johan Geertsema Independent Scholar Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ISBN 978-3-319-78071-9 ISBN 978-3-319-78072-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78072-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018940448 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Meinzahn / Getty Images Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Oh, the poets are right, there is nothing so little and of so little account that man could not be inspired by it. Friedrich Hölderlin, Hyperion
Contents
1 Introduction 1 2 The Ancient Quarrel 9 3 Heidegger’s Quest for Being: An Overview 17 4 A Battle of Giants: Being in Being and Time 25 5 The Turning 41 6 The Appropriating Event 67 7 Truth and Method 85 8 Language 111 9 Heidegger’s Concept of Poetry 133 10 Hölderlin: The Herald of the Mystery 143 11 The Elucidation: Snowfall on a Bell 149 12 On Distant Peaks 159 vii
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Contents
13 Founding and Grounding 175 14 Holy Names 185 15 The Fourfold: The Double Poles of the Poetic Projection 203 16 Poetry: Historical Topology 231 17 An Uncanny Feast 263 18 Conclusion 273 Bibliography 277 Index281
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
In thinking all things become solitary and slow. Heidegger, From the Experience of Thinking
To present an introduction in philosophy means, in Heidegger’s view, to assume that the one who ought to be initiated stands at first outside of philosophy.1 But in fact, the historical human being stands essentially an
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