What Is Called Thinking?"For an acquaintance with the thought of Heidegger, What Is Called Thinking? is as important as Being and Time. It is the only systematic presentation of the thinker's late philosophy and . . . it is perhaps the most exciting of his books."--Hannah Arendt |
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... thought- provoking" is to be understood. Thought-provoking is what gives us to think. Let us look at it closely, and from the start allow each word its proper weight. Some things are food for thought in themselves, intrinsically, so to ...
... thought- provoking" is to be understood. Thought-provoking is what gives us to think. Let us look at it closely, and from the start allow each word its proper weight. Some things are food for thought in themselves, intrinsically, so to ...
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... food for thought did not turn away from man at some time or other which can be fixed in history—no, what really must be thought keeps itself turned away from man since the beginning. On the other hand, in our era man has always thought ...
... food for thought did not turn away from man at some time or other which can be fixed in history—no, what really must be thought keeps itself turned away from man since the beginning. On the other hand, in our era man has always thought ...
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... thought. But when it is the name of the Mother of the Muses, "Memory" does not mean just any thought of anything that can be thought ... food for thought? What the poet says in these words, and those that follow, may have a part PART I 11.
... thought. But when it is the name of the Mother of the Muses, "Memory" does not mean just any thought of anything that can be thought ... food for thought? What the poet says in these words, and those that follow, may have a part PART I 11.
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... thought—and that is that which of itself gives food for thought. What gives us this gift, the gift of what must properly be thought about, is what we call most thought-provoking. Our answer to the question what the most thought ...
... thought—and that is that which of itself gives food for thought. What gives us this gift, the gift of what must properly be thought about, is what we call most thought-provoking. Our answer to the question what the most thought ...
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according already answer appears assertion attempt attention basic become beginning belongs called thinking clear close comes common conceived concerns course decisive designates determined directs doctrine earth essence essential nature eternal everything existence expression face fact follow gathering give given goes Greek grows hand hear heart Heidegger human ideas interpretation keep kind language laying lectures less lies logic longer look man's manner matter means memory merely metaphysics mind never Nietzsche Nietzsche's object once origin ourselves Parmenides particular passing past perhaps philosophy possible present question reach reason refer reflection relation remains revenge saying sense sentence sound speaks specifically speech sphere spoken stand statement superman tells thanks thing thinker thought thought-provoking tion traditional Transition translation tree turn understand Western word thinking Zarathustra