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Language as the House of Being? How to Bring Intelligibility to Heidegger While Keeping the Excitement
At the core of Heidegger\u27s philosophy, there lies this nagging question: what is the link between language and being? Using a famous formulation by Heidegger as a guide (âWhen we go to the well, when we go through the woods, we are always already going through the word âwellâ, through the word âwoodsââ), the analysis focuses on the connection Heidegger establishes between being (what woods and well âareâ), understanding (something is understood âasâ woods or well), and temporality (human understanding of woods and well has changed since ancient Greek times, for example). Language is both what grants things their way to matter to us and thus to âbeâ for us to the extent that we understand them, but language is also linked to a âhappeningâ (Geschehen) or an event so that things are not bound to their Geek being or current being: things âbecome beingâ (seiend werden). Language is both the means for things to materialize in historical times: âbeing woodsâ or âbeing a well,â as well as a testimony to their entry into being. This is why language in its poetic use can make beings âmore beingâ (seiender)