Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 13:10:19 +600
Subject: Re: Language?


> Date:          Wed, 13 May 1998 07:15:07 -0700
> From:          Mike Staples <mstaples-AT-argusqa.com>
> To:            "Heidegger-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu" <Heidegger-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
> Subject:       Re: Language?
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> Henk van Tuijl wrote:
> 
> > Henry Sholar wrote:
> > Michael S and Henk v T, I'd love to hear your impressions of these two
> >
> > basic tenets re: language? 1) Language is the house of Being. 2)Poetry
> >
> > does not come from language, language comes from poetry.
> >
> > Once the gods lived on the Olympos. All the other gods went in and out
> >
> > but Hestia, the goddess of the fireplace, remained at home as a
> > pivotal
> > point.
> >
> > The fireplace is the centre of the house on the Olympos, and in the
> > same
> > way Being is the centre of being(s). The house of Being is language.
> > Therein man dwells (alone, since the gods have left him). As a thinker
> >
> > and one who creates with words, man is the guardian of the house.
> >
> > Hoelderlin believed that man dwells poetically, i.e. that he not only
> > guards but also builds his dwelling place - the house of Being - by
> > poetizing (poetizing _is_ building). And therefore it can be said that
> >
> > language comes from (is the product of) poetry.
> >
> 
> But what is language? Is "the house of Being" as clear a definition as
> we can muster?
> 
> Michael Staples
> 
> 
> 
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Instead of the poetic "House of Being", perhaps, the structure or 
framework or paradigm within which "being" operates as reagrds to 
"Being".  Or maybe not.  What do you think.  I happen to like House 
of Being, especially since Heidegger placed such importance on poetry 
and I think his ontology lends itself very well to poetic 
interpretations.  Sometimes poetry can convey the complexity of an 
idea better than complex words.

Christopher Honey
AUM
Dept of History


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