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Poetry, Language, Thought

  • 437 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 1927
  • 114 editions

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1 About this book

What is the meaning of being?" This is the central question of Martin Heidegger's profoundly important work, in which the great philosopher seeks to explain the basic problems of existence. A central influence on later philosophy, literature, art, and criticism -- as well as existentialism and much of postmodern though.

  • Existentialism
  • Metaphysics
  • Philosophy
  • Addresses, essays
  • German Philosophy
  • Philosophy, modern
  • Space and time
  • Ontology

2 About Martin Heidegger

1889–1976

Martin Heidegger (26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher whose work was central to the development of phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He has had significant influence within subsequent philosophy, social sciences and humanities, and theology. Heidegger's magnum opus, Being and Time (1927), is widely considered one of the most significant works of modern philosophy.

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