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Single Idea 15585

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent ]

Full Idea

In his later work Heidegger came to view philosophy as closer to poetry than to science.

Gist of Idea

Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science

Source

report of Martin Heidegger (The Origin of the Work of Art [1935], p.178) by Richard Polt - Heidegger: an introduction 5 'Signs'

Book Ref

Polt,Richard: 'Heidegger: an introduction' [Routledge 2003], p.119

The 12 ideas with the same theme [philosophy takes us beyond ordinary life]:

370 Philosophy is a purification of the soul ready for the afterlife [Plato]
14523 We should come to philosophy free from any taint of culture [Epicurus]
18450 Philosophy has its own mode of death, by separating soul from body [Porphyry]
19073 True philosophy aims at absolute unity, while our understanding sees only separation [Hegel]
21776 Philosophy aims to reveal the necessity and rationality of the categories of nature and spirit [Hegel, by Houlgate]
6928 Only that which can be an object of religion is an object of philosophy [Feuerbach]
15586 When philosophy makes itself intelligible, it commits suicide [Heidegger]
15585 Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science [Heidegger, by Polt]
23885 Philosophy aims to change the soul, not to accumulate knowledge [Weil]
3241 It seems mad, but the aim of philosophy is to climb outside of our own minds [Nagel]
1595 Philosophy aims to satisfy the chief human desire - the articulation of beauty itself [Roochnik]
9779 Philosophy is transcendental questioning (not supporting science or constructing ontology) [Zizek]