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oetically man dwells...

“Poetically Man Dwells,” an essay by Martin

Heidegger, was published in the anthology, Poetry,

Language and Thought, by HarperCollins as part

of the Colophon series in 1975. The phrase itself,

however, is taken from a late poem by Friedrich

Hölderlin. While many scholars break Heidegger's

work into two periods: his earlier work including

Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics and Being

and Time, and his latter work including his essay on

humanism (an apparent shift to the consideration

of the impact of technology on human beings) and

Poetry, Language and Thought, we reject this

bifurcation of Heidegger's work. Within the context

of the NyghtVision Methodology, "Poetically Man

Dwells" plays an important role in explicating

the inner structure of Being and Time. As part of

our emergent series, Poetically Man Dwells, the

essay that follows seeks to explore, elucidate, and

convey the philosophical underpinnings of the

NyghtVision Methodology. — Falcon

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