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The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.

Martin Heidegger

Expelled from the truth of Being, man everywhere circles around himself as the animal rationale.
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Animal Being Truth
Longing is the agony of the nearness of the distant.
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Distance Pain
The thinker only responded to what addressed itself to him.
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Himself Thinking Wisdom
If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life – and only then will I be free to become myself.
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Acknowledgement Death Freedom Life Myself
The essence of technology is by no means anything technological.
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Technology
Mere anxiety is the source of everything.
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Mental Source
A resounding of the authentic word can arise only from silence.
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Rise Silence Word
As long as it is, Dasein always has understood itself and always will understand itself in terms of possibilities.
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Possible Understand
But what is great can only begin great.
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Beginning Greatness
Man stares at what the explosion of the atom bomb could bring with it. He does not see that the atom bomb and its explosion are the mere final emission of what has long since taken place, has already happened.
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Man Philosophy Place See
The song still remains which names the land over which it sings.
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Music Song
Nature has no history.
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History Nature
Only a god can save us.
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God One Liner Save
Technology is therefore no mere means. Technology is a way of revealing.
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Reveal Technology
Only within metaphysics does logic exist.
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Existence Logic
Nothing religious is ever destroyed by logic; it is destroyed only by the god’s withdrawal.
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Destroy God Logic Philosophy Religious

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