The Origin of Art
May 2024 · The Collected Early Works of Martin Heidegger Book 9 · Minerva Heritage Press
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A new translation of Heidegger's early work "The Origin of Art", which is one of the 6 major essays of the work "Holzwege" originally published in 1914. This edition contains a new afterword by the Translator, a timeline of Heidegger's life and works, a philosophic index of core Heideggerian concepts and a guide for Existentialist terminology across 19th and 20th century Existentialists. This translation is designed for readability and accessibility to Heidegger's enigmatic and dense philosophy. Complex and specific philosophic terms are translated as literally as possible and academic footnotes have been removed to ensure easy reading. The Origin of Art (sometimes translated "The Origin of the Works of Art) is one of the foundational texts of 20th-century aesthetics. Heidegger explores the nature and essence of art and its role in revealing truth. He argues that art is not merely a representation or a copy of reality, but that it uniquely brings forth the truth of being. This truth, according to Heidegger, is not an objective, detached truth, but rather a revelation of the world and our place in it. Works of art, he suggests, create their own world and invite the viewer to enter that world, thus opening up new ways of experiencing and understanding being. Heidegger uses examples from various art forms, including architecture and poetry, to illustrate his ideas. Heidegger uses his concepts of Dasein "Being" (meaning being-there or existence), "unveiling" (truth as a process of revealing), and "world" (the context of meaning within which beings appear) in relation to the creation of Art. These concepts are used to explore how art, in its essence, is not merely an aesthetic experience, but a fundamental way of engaging with the truth of our existence. This understanding of Aesthetics as an antidote to the brutality of existence is very Nietzschean. The collection this paper comes from, Holzwege, is second only to "Being and Time" in fame. Here he levies some of his most perceptive commentary on Hegel, Descartes, Nietzsche, Anaximander, Rilke, and Hölderlin. Wood Paths consists of a collection of essays that reflect on philosophical and existential questions through the analysis of art, poetry, and history. The original German title "Holzwege" refers to the logging paths in German forests, which anyone who's hiked in Germany knows are always dead-ends. Hence, this is sometimes translated as "dead ends" or "logging roads" or "Off the Beaten Track" or something along those lines, as this is what the title means- the dead end trails of philosophy and the inherent obscurity of the pursuit of Being. Heidegger uses these essays to explore his ontological inquiries, particularly the nature of being and the relationship between human beings and the world around them.
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Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) was a German philosopher and one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, particularly in the fields of phenomenology, existentialism and Ontochronology. His seminal work, Being and Time (Sein und Zeit), introduces the concept of "Dasein," or "being-there," as a way to explore the nature of human existence, focusing on temporality and the meaning of being. Heidegger challenged traditional Western metaphysics by emphasizing the situatedness of human beings within their world, a concept he described as "being-in-the-world." Though his brief association with the Nazi party has cast a shadow over his legacy, Heidegger's ideas have profoundly impacted disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, literature, and theology. His critiques of technology and "technological thinking" continue to resonate in contemporary discussions on modernity, alienation, and the essence of human existence.
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