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Модусът на езика: Хайдегер и „достойнството на човека“, втората версия
The Mode of Language: Heidegger and “Human Dignity”. The Second Version

Author(s): Plamen Antov
Subject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Philosophy of Language, Hermeneutics
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: second Heidegger; Sein; human dignity; animal–man;

Summary/Abstract: This article looks at the anthropological core of the ontology of the “second” Heidegger, after die Kehre, and in particular, the dual position of man within the Sein. It is argued that, even in his passive position as a “servant” (Knecht) in relation to the things constituting Being, man retains his role as master (Herr), albeit in a negative way. Heidegger’s ontology is set out in the classic Neo-Platonist scheme of “human dignity” (Mirandola): man as a medial figure between his animal-natural origin and a supreme transcendence, logical and creative, which he occupies. This triad is recognized in the article on Hölderlin and the essence of poetry (1936), which proposes a concept of “human dignity” that further develops and nuances another concept, proposed a little earlier in the lecture course Basic Concepts of Metaphysics (1929–1930). The article is part of a monographic study on Heidegger’s “second” philosophy.

  • Issue Year: XXVIII/2019
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 92-100
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English, Bulgarian