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Martin Heidegger
Age: 86 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 26
Died: 1976
Died: May 26
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This characteristic of Dasein's being this that it is is veiled in its whence and whither.
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To be a poet in a destitute time means: to attend, singing, to the trace of the fugitive gods. This is why the poet in the time of the world's night utters the holy.
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In everything well known something worthy of thought still lurks.
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The song still remains which names the land over which it sings.
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If in Nietzsche's thinking the prior tradition of Western thought is gathered and completed in a decisive respect, then the confrontation with Nietzsche becomes one with all Western thought hitherto.
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What was Aristotle’s life?’ Well, the answer lay in a single sentence: ‘He was born, he thought, he died.’ And all the rest is pure anecdote.
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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.
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Dwelling is not primarily inhabiting but taking care of and creating that space within which something comes into its own and flourishes.
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We name time when we say: every thing has its time. This means: everything which actually is, every being comes and goes at the right time and remains for a time during the time allotted to it. Every thing has its time.
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The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.
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Anyone can achieve their fullest potential, who we are might be predetermined, but the path we follow is always of our own choosing. We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny. Your destiny can't be changed but, it can be challenged. Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.
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Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.
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How one encounters reality is a choice.
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Understanding of being is itself a determination of being of Da-sein.
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We make a space inside ourselves, so that being can speak.
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Only if we are capable of dwelling, only then can we build
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In order to remain silent Da-sein must have something to say.
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Tell me how you read and I'll tell you who you are.
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A giving which gives only its gift, but in the giving holds itself back and withdraws, such a giving we call sending.
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Transcendence constitutes selfhood.
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