Martin Heidegger Quotes

Germany, Philosopher
September 26, 1889 – May, 26, 1976.

Martin Heidegger (/ˈhaɪdɛɡər, -dɪɡər/; German: [ˈmaɐ̯tiːn ˈhaɪdɛɡɐ]; 26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher and a seminal thinker in the Continental tradition and philosophical hermeneutics, and is "widely acknowledged to be one of the most original and important philosophers of the 20th century." Heidegger is best known for his contributions to phenomenology and existentialism, though as the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy cautions, "his thinking should be identified as part of such philosophical movements only with extreme care and qualification". His membership in and support for the Nazi Party remains controversial.

The mathematical is that evident aspect of things within which we are always already moving and according to which we experience them as things at all, and as such things. The mathematical is this fundamental position we take toward things by which we take up things as already given to us, and as they must and should be given. Therefore, the mathematical is the fundamental presupposition of the knowledge of things.

Martin Heidegger
Understanding of being is itself a determination of being of Da-sein.

Martin Heidegger

The song still remains which names the land over which it sings.

Martin Heidegger
- Song
- Names
- Remains
We would like only, for once, to get to where we are already.

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- Like
Technology is therefore no mere means. Technology is a way of revealing. If we give heed to this, then another whole realm for the essence of technology will open itself up to us. It is the realm of revealing, i.e., of truth

Martin Heidegger
- Truth
- Technology
- Means