A THREAD on timeless ideas by Martin Heidegger:
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Tell me how you read and I'll tell you who you are.
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Tell me how you read and I'll tell you who you are.
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'What was Aristotle’s life?’
Well, the answer lay in a single sentence: ‘He was born, he thought, he died.’
And all the rest is pure anecdote.
'What was Aristotle’s life?’
Well, the answer lay in a single sentence: ‘He was born, he thought, he died.’
And all the rest is pure anecdote.
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He who thinks great thoughts often makes great errors.
He who thinks great thoughts often makes great errors.
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The great thinker is one who can hear what is greatest in the work of other "greats" and who can transform it in an original manner.
The great thinker is one who can hear what is greatest in the work of other "greats" and who can transform it in an original manner.
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The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.
The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.
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Every questioning is a seeking.
Every seeking takes its direction beforehand from what is sought.
Every questioning is a seeking.
Every seeking takes its direction beforehand from what is sought.
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Truth is that which makes someone certain, clear, and strong.
Truth is that which makes someone certain, clear, and strong.
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What seems natural to us is probably just something familiar in a long tradition that has forgotten the unfamiliar source from which it arose.
And yet this unfamiliar source once struck man as strange and caused him to think and to wonder.
What seems natural to us is probably just something familiar in a long tradition that has forgotten the unfamiliar source from which it arose.
And yet this unfamiliar source once struck man as strange and caused him to think and to wonder.
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If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
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Anyone can achieve their fullest potential, who we are might be predetermined, but the path we follow is always of our own choosing.
We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny.
Anyone can achieve their fullest potential, who we are might be predetermined, but the path we follow is always of our own choosing.
We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny.
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