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"The Flower of the Mouth": Hölderlin's Hint for Heidegger's Thinking of the Essence of Language

"The Flower of the Mouth": Hölderlin's Hint for Heidegger's Thinking of the Essence of Language 27 "The Flower of the Mouth": Hölderlin's Hint for Heidegger's Thinking of the Essence of Language FRIEDRICH-WILHELM von HERRMANN Universität Freiburg i. Br. I. On the Metaphysical Determination of the Sound Character of Language In his lecture trilogy "The Essence of Language"' Heidegger seeks a think- ing experience of the essence of language, directed by the words "The essence of language: The language of essence" (US, 176). Taken as a directive, these words function as a guide for the path of thinking-a path which, as such, proceeds in thc neighborhood, or nearness, of thinking and poetizing. Their nearness to each other relies on the excellent relation that each has to language and its essence. But, at the same time, this nearness is determined by a "delicate, but clear difference" (US, 196), which excludes their blend- ing, or the assimilation of one by the other. The word-directive "The essence of language: The language of essence" contains a directive for thinking. These words are to direct thinking as it experiences and thinks the essence of language. Taken as a directive, these words have the character of a hinting. "A hint hints away from the one toward the other" (US, 202). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Research in Phenomenology Brill

"The Flower of the Mouth": Hölderlin's Hint for Heidegger's Thinking of the Essence of Language

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© 1989 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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27 "The Flower of the Mouth": Hölderlin's Hint for Heidegger's Thinking of the Essence of Language FRIEDRICH-WILHELM von HERRMANN Universität Freiburg i. Br. I. On the Metaphysical Determination of the Sound Character of Language In his lecture trilogy "The Essence of Language"' Heidegger seeks a think- ing experience of the essence of language, directed by the words "The essence of language: The language of essence" (US, 176). Taken as a directive, these words function as a guide for the path of thinking-a path which, as such, proceeds in thc neighborhood, or nearness, of thinking and poetizing. Their nearness to each other relies on the excellent relation that each has to language and its essence. But, at the same time, this nearness is determined by a "delicate, but clear difference" (US, 196), which excludes their blend- ing, or the assimilation of one by the other. The word-directive "The essence of language: The language of essence" contains a directive for thinking. These words are to direct thinking as it experiences and thinks the essence of language. Taken as a directive, these words have the character of a hinting. "A hint hints away from the one toward the other" (US, 202).

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Published: Jan 1, 1989

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