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[from 'Being and Time' by Martin Heidegger, in 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 9. Rejecting Truth ]

Full Idea

Heidegger is a relentless enemy of ahistorical, absolutist concepts of truth.

Gist of Idea

Heidegger says truth is historical, and never absolute

Source

report of Martin Heidegger (Being and Time [1927]) by Richard Polt - Heidegger: an introduction 1

Book Reference

Polt,Richard: 'Heidegger: an introduction' [Routledge 2003], p.5


A Reaction

I presume that if truth is not absolute then it must be relative, but Polt is a little coy about saying so. For me, anyone who says truth is relative doesn't understand the concept, and is talking about something else.