Martin Heidegger
German philosopher
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Language is the house of Being. In its home man dwells. Those who think and those who create with words are the guardians of this home.
—Martin Heidegger, German philosopher, Letter on Humanism, 1947
Posted on October 31, 2000 at 8:39 AM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The German language "speaks Being," while all the others merely "speak of Being."
—Martin Heidegger, German philosopher, Quotation from Frank Kermode, An Appetite for Poetry: Essays in Lite, 1989
Posted on August 7, 2002 at 11:36 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.
—Martin Heidegger, German philosopher, Poetry, Language, Thought, 1985
Posted on September 25, 2001 at 8:47 PM
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