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Pessimism negates the existing world. Yet its negating is ambiguous. It can simply will decay and nothingness, but it can also renounce what exists and thus open a path for a new formation of the world.

Martin Heidegger

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Martin Heidegger
Age: 86 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 26
Died: 1976
Died: May 26
Philosopher
Poet
University Teacher
Meßkirch
Heidegger
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