On the essence of language

the metaphysics of language and the essencing of the word ; concerning Herder's treatise On the origin of language/ Martin Heidegger ; translated by Wanda Torres Gregory and Yvonne Unna.

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Author

Martin Heidegger

Contributions

Gregory, Wanda Torres. - Contributor
Unna, Yvonne. - Contributor

Publication

2004 - State University of New York Press, Albany, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

47,250 words, Guess

Page Count

189 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL3305556M
ISBN-100791462714
OCLC Control Number55085789
OCLC Control Numberonessenceoflangu0000heid
Library of Congress Control Number2004049125

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LibraryThing1184108

Classifications

DDC401
LCCP107 .H4513 2004

Description

"This English translation of Vom Wesen der Sprache, volume 85 of Martin Heidegger's Gesamtausgabe, contains discussions of language that are important both for those interested in Heidegger's thought and for those who wish to think through the nature of language. The guiding theme of these reflections on language is found in Heidegger's lecture notes for a 1939 seminar that focused on J.G. Herder's treatise On the Origin of Language. This course, given just after the completion of his Contributions to Philosophy, sheds new light on the force of language in Heidegger's thought and shows the first openings to his later, better-known works dedicated to the topic of language. The result of this project is to outline how it is that thinking the being of the word moves out of metaphysics into the poetic word and its relation to history. A crucial work, this course brings the reader close to a decisive moment in Heidegger's thought, letting us see how he struggled forward to new ways of thinking how it is that "language as language" can be thought."--Jacket.