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The world in another beginning
poetic dwelling and the role of the poet
pp. 97-111
Abstract
The concern of all of Heidegger's later works is the preparation of the possibility of another beginning of creative human Being — "another" beginning as compared to the one which was brought about by the poetic philosophizing of the Presocratics. The necessity of such a new beginning follows for Heidegger from his insight into the "highest danger," which lies in the essence ruling in technology. This ruling essence threatens to bring about a state of affairs in which man merely labors to produce "materials"* in a totally uncreative way and conceives of himself as nothing but material. The arrival of "another" beginning would be, in Hölderlin's words, the arrival of "das Rettende" — that which would bring about a saving. "Das Rettende" would consist in creative dwelling which, again in Hölderlin's words, would be a "poetic" dwelling: man would "… dwell poetically on this earth."
Publication details
Published in:
Marx Werner (1971) Reason and world: Between tradition and another beginning. Den Haag, Nijhoff.
Pages: 97-111
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-2994-0_6
Full citation:
Marx Werner (1971) The world in another beginning: poetic dwelling and the role of the poet, In: Reason and world, Den Haag, Nijhoff, 97–111.