In Heidegger's essay, What Calls For Thinking, he discusses
myth. He talks about the Greek myth of the Mnemosyne. Is Heidegger
trying to tell us that mythical thinking is something we need to be
doing more of?
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"The unexamined life is not worth living."
-Socrates-
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Mark L. Dotson "There is nothing higher than the
Dept. of Philosophy search for, and the love of, Truth."
Wright State University -Nikolai Berdiaev-
E-Mail: plotinus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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myth. He talks about the Greek myth of the Mnemosyne. Is Heidegger
trying to tell us that mythical thinking is something we need to be
doing more of?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The unexamined life is not worth living."
-Socrates-
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Mark L. Dotson "There is nothing higher than the
Dept. of Philosophy search for, and the love of, Truth."
Wright State University -Nikolai Berdiaev-
E-Mail: plotinus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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