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f“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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