heidegger

martin heidegger (1889-1976) was a philosopher from germany who did work in phenomenologyphenomenology
Phenomenology (Greek for the study of appearances of things) is a discipline in philosophy that looks at consciousness as experienced. The key thinkers are Husserl, heidegger, Merleau-P...
and being. his major work is sein und zeitsein und zeit
sein und zeit (1927) is heidegger's magnum opus about understanding being and time using phenomenology. the epigraph comes from the sophist.
. he began in a seminary, but then became a student of husserl Private or Broken Links
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. By way of biography, he was a nazi supporter, and he was involved in an affair with hannah arendthannah arendt
hannah arendt (1906-1975) was an influential political philosopher. she had a background in the classics. a jewish woman, she survived the holocaust. she studied under and had an affair with ...
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His thesis was on duns scotusduns scotus
john duns scotus (aka doctor subtilis) was a franciscan scholastic.

trivia: the word "dunce" comes from duns scotus.

deleuze

deleuze saw scotus as forming the philosophical lineage of the co...
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He also writes about technologytechnology
technology is an organism's response to chaos sive natura in the form of a problem as a "low-resistance path to an end."1

in the question concerning technology, heidegger asks what...
, languagelanguage
language is a system and activity of speech or text to communicate information. generally, we think of it as a human activity.

steven pinker breaks down language in terms of a lang...
, artart

all art is quite useless. – wilde


the greeks spoke of art as mimesis, mimicking nature. The German idealists (kant and friedrich schiller) saw art as a form of play.


art is...
, poempoem
a poem (greek for creation) is an object in literature which is by itself a speech act, but as writing.
. He is influenced by aristotlearistotle
aristotle was a disciple of plato who wrote on physics, biology, metaphysics, literature, logic, rhetoric, etc.
, nietzschenietzsche
friedrich wilhelm nietzsche (1844-1900) was a philosopher from germany. in 1869, at the age of 24, he became a professor. his first book was The Birth of Tragedy, published in 1872, about greek tra...
, kierkegaardkierkegaard
soren kierkegaard was a danish philosopher of christian and existentialism. he wrote about socrates and irony.
, kantkant
immanuel kant (1724 - 1804) was a philosopher from prussia. he was christian. he was inspired by hume. he wrote critique of pure reason, Critique of Practical Reason.

For Kant, there i...
. He uses a lot of greekgreek
greek is a language.
and german words.