Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?
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Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?
MARTIN HEIDEGGERThinking only begins at the point where we have come to know that Reason, glorified for centuries, is the most obstinate adversary of thinking.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERI know that everything essential and great originated from the fact that the human being had a homeland and was rooted in tradition.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERNo historical movement can leap outside of history and start from scratch.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERLanguage speaks and not the human.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERThe possible ranks higher than the actual.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERThe song still remains which names the land over which it sings.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERTo say philosophy originates in wonder means philosophy is wondrous in its essence and becomes more wondrous the more it becomes what it really is.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERBeing the rational animal, man must be capable of thinking if he really wants to. Still, it may be that man wants to think, but cannot.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERPoetically dwells man upon this earth.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERMan acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERThere is no such thing as an empty word, only one that is worn out yet remains full.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERLanguage is the house of Being.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERUnderstanding of being is itself a determination of being of Da-sein.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERBut what is great can only begin great.
MARTIN HEIDEGGERBeing is essentially different from a being, from beings.
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